Hi All, I have collected some useful info on Nature/ Environment. Hope this will be useful to you Regards
Jay *List of Nature/Environment sites* 1. Greenpeace- www.greenpeace.org 2. Indian Youth climate network- www.icyn.in 3. PETA- www.petaindia.com 4. CERE- www.cere-india.org 5. Kids for tigers- www.kidsfortigers.org 6. International Crane Foundation- [email protected] 7. Madras Croc Bank- [email protected] 8. Wetlands International- www.south-asia.wetlands.org 9. Wild life SOS- www.wildlifesos.org 10.WWF- www.wwfindia.org 11. ESG – [email protected] 12.Climate – www.climateprojectindia.org 13. IEP- www.indiaenvironmentport.org 14. Kalpavriksh- www.kalpavriksh.org 15. Sanctuary Asia- www.sanctuaryasia.org 16.Connect2earth- www.connect2earth.org 17. Tree hugger- www.treehugger.com 18.Urban Vision- www.theurbanvision.com 19. BNHS- www.bnhs.org 20. Himalayan Treks- www.lifeawayfromlife.com 21. Kenneth Anderson Nature Society ( KANS)- www.kans.org.in *Documentaries to see* *Indian* 1. The Final Tide- Praveen Singh & Vikram Mishra 2. Don’t Rubbish It- Chandrasekhar Reddy 3. The Change Makers- Arjun Pandey 4. India’s climate fever- Gurmeet Sapal *Foreign* 1. An Inconvenient Truth- Al Gore 2. The 11th Hour 3. The Blue Planet 4. Aliens of the Deep 5. HOME Some interesting infos 1. Fireflies emit 30 thousand pulses of laser light in each flash. This went unnoticed in over 100 years of research , which includes Dr C.V.Raman. This discovery by G.D.Baruah and A.G.Baruah of Gauhati University, after 30 years of research, published in Journal of Bio-Science is acclaimed as a significant achievement of 21st century. 2. Carmo Noronha of Bethany Society, Meghalaya , has transformed the cultivation pattern in Meghalaya in 8 years by modifying the concept of Jhum, and developed a system of hill-slope farming without the traditional burning. 3. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has allotted Rs 1000 Crores to save Ganges from pollution. 4. Mataprasad Tiwari of Bundelkhand, 200kms South of Lucknow, has created a garden of 30,000 fruit trees in barren land, in 19 years of persistent planting of trees. 5. Hand made paper, reduces pollution by 70% as it uses non-wood raw materials. 6. The Solar Housing Complex in Kolkata is completes powered by Solar Energy. The housing complex has 25 villas, swimming pool, has gravity based sewerage system, solar street lights, battey operated pick up vans, etc. 7. For all E-waste, log on to www.ecoreco.com 8. Tarak Nath Choudary got the first Earth Care Award in 2008 for his innovative electronic LPG Optimum Burning System. 9. Rag pickers are our green sentries. In Mumbai alone,last year, they segregated 36,500 metric tonnes of waste. 10. Annual e-waste in Mumbai is 19,000 tonnes last year. Number of computers in India by 2010- 7.5 Crores. Number of disposable computers -20 lakhs. Mobile phone users in 2007- 20 crores. 11. There is no clear legislation that defines e-waste. 12. E-waste contains toxic elements such as lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, chromium. *Facts File(source: Hindustan Times dt 5th June 2009) * *Forests* 1. Geographical area under forests in India is 20.6% against the target of 33%. 2. 41 % of Country’s forest cover degraded to some degree. 3. Per capita availability of forest in India is 0.06% against world average of 0.8%. 4. 2000 Sq.kms of forest was diverted for non-forest purposes between 2005-08. 5. Rs 100 crores of timber lost every year due to forest fires. *Water and Land pollution* 1. 84 % of replenishable ground water , is made available for agriculture/livestock. The rest 16% is made available for domestic/industrial/power uses. *Global facts* 1. The rise in average temp is 0.8 degrees since 1880. 2. India is 5th largest emitter of green house gases. 3. India per capita emission of carbon di-oxide is 6% of that of a US citizen. 4. Increase in CO2 emission in India is 88% since 1990. 5. Gangotri Glacier is retreating 30 metres every year. 6. If sea level rises by one metre, 7 million people in India will be displaced --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
