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A Directory of Environmental NGOs in India 2008-9th Edition.

	WWF-India announces the 9th Edition of its Directory of Environmental NGOs in India, released by Shri Namo Narain Meena & Shri. Sevugan Regupathy Hon’ble Union Ministers of State, Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) and Ms. Meena Gupta, Secretary, MoEF. This directory was released at a function organized by MoEF at Vigyan Bhavan to confer the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar by Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India on the occasion of World Environment Day on 5th June, 2008.

This is the country’s largest compendium of information on Indian NGOs working in the fields of environment, sustainable development, and nature conservation. This edition carries nearly 2342 entries with their contacts, histories, missions, and activities.

It has been compiled by the ENVIS Centre 07, which operates from WWF-India’s Indira Gandhi Conservation Monitoring Centre (IGCMC). The Directory would find good use with voluntary groups, government agencies, reference libraries, researchers, aid agencies, the media, and educational institutions. This is available for sale at the rate of Rs.850/- per copy on cash payment from IGCMC at the WWF-India Secretariat in New Delhi. However, if you wish to obtain it by post, please send Rs.150/- extra for postage and packing charges. Kindly arrange to send us the payment by way of a Demand Draft payable to WWF-India at New Delhi. You may also place your order through fax (24691226)

A Directory of Environmental NGOs in India 2004-Eighth Edition.

It contains information on addresses, telephone numbers and other contact details of various NGOs working in the field of environment operating in various parts of India.

ENVIS Centre 07 has been publishing this directory since 1984 and each time it comes out with its latest edition it tries to entail maximum, authentic and latest information of the environmental NGOs functioning in different parts of India.

A Directory 1992

In March 1982 the Department of Environment , Government of India generously supported the Environmental Group, World Wildlife Fund India in Organizing an All India Conference of Non Governmental Organisation Working on Environmental Protection. This Conference was followed by a year long effort by the ESG to serve as a focal point for NGO support activities in Delhi. A First edition of the Directory was brought out by us in March 1983.

We have listed groups whose activities , in any aspect, relate to environmental concerns-greening and ecological restoration, sustainable use of natural resources, development and propagation of appropriate technologies, environmental education, training and public awareness, protection of human health and well being, etc. Indeed only such activities have been listed against organization even if their work encompasses other aims and goals also.

The Department of Environment is making efforts to mobilize NGO support for environmental planning, information dissemination and education.

A Directory 1989

The number of Volutary agencies, community groups, academic societies, corporate entities (NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION) involved in work that may be termed environmental has increased significantly in the last few years)

India’s impressively large body of NGOs is becoming active on the environmental front because of the increasingly clear nexus between meaningful, equitable , sustainable economic growth and the conservation of the environment.

A subject of much interest within the environment community is the continuing development of NGO networks functioning around specific environmental objectives. This 1989 edition of ESG’s Directory of Environmental Ngos in India contribute to the networking process. Information published herein is based largely on responses received by the ESG survey out in 1988.

A Directory 1986

(This 1986 edition of the Directory of Environmental NGOs in India) features 320 NGO profiles as also 95 NGOs for whom only address are available. The Index provided at the end lists all the NGOs alphabetically.

The Directory has been compiled through a survey carried out in the latter half of 1985 and first quarter of 1986.

Efforts by various prominent groups to set up cooperating networks around specific projects or programmes (e.g. Wasteland Development. Narmada Valley Development, Himalayan Development, Ganga Action Plan) are now showing signs of success. There is also a far greater level of professional competence being displayed by NGOs in questioning and projecting alternatives to, official development programmes. Happily, the Government itself is increasingly encouraging NGOs to take on professional assignments especially those involving mobilizing of public support for environmental management.

A Directory 1984

A Directory 1983

This reports on ENVIRONMENT IN THE INDIAN PARLIAMENT- 1983 For both house Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) since 1980 our staff has mined and systematically compiled information on programmes, projected, issues, episodes and official policies of significance to environmental management. Question / Answer and “matters under rule 377” that had to do with classical environmental subjects such as pollution, energy conservation, waste recycling, wildlife pest infestation, forestry, soil erosion,etc.

The detailed index with which each volume commences is aimed at guiding the reader to the required information.

We wish to place on record our gratitude to the late Dr. N.L. Ramanathan for inducing us to undertake this project. Dr. T.N. Khoshoo’s constant stress pm systematic documentation of available environmental information to aid development planning has been a catalyst for many of ESG’s information dissemination projects of which these annual compilation are an importance part. Finally, we hope that these publication will underpin Y. Digvijay Sinh’s tireless efforts at organizing and activating the parliamentary and Legislative forums on Environment.