Environmental Science 3(3+0)

Indian voluntary agencies mandates and activities in environmental conservation

National Organizations

• There are a number of governmental as well as non-governmental organizations, agencies and programmes engaged in environmental studies. A number of non-governmental, voluntary organizations have been doing good job in this area. Most of the governmental bodies involved in environmental studies are either put under the administrative control of, or assisted by the Department of Environment, Forests and Wildlife in the Ministry of Environment Forests, Government of India.

Department of Environment, Forests and Wildlife of India

• Department of Environment was set up in 1980 to serve as the local point in the administrative structure of the Government for planning, promotion and coordination of environmental programmes. The present integrated Department of Environment, Forests and Wildlife in the Ministry of Environment and Forests was created in September 1985. The Ministry serves as the local point in the administrative structure of the Central Government of the planning, promotion and coordination of environmental and forestry programmes. The Ministry's main activities are, the survey and conservation of flora, forests and wildlife, prevention and control of pollution, afforestation and regeneration of the degraded areas of the environment.

Other National Organization

• There are other governmental and non-governmental organizations / agencies involved in environmental issues. Some of the important ones are as follows:
• Advisory Board on Energy (ABE)
• Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)
• Central Forestry Commission (CFC)
• Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (DNES)
• Industrial Toxicology Research Centre (ITRC)
• National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
• National Natural Development Board
• National Natural Research Management System
• National Wetland Management Committee
• State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
• Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI)
• Several Research Institutes under I.C.A.R. including I.G.F.R.I., Jhansi, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal.