Thank you for sharing the information. Sushmita On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Jayaraman Kakarla <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
