6. Forests, Wildlife and Environment - Tamil Nadu Government

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during this year also. Nearly three lakhchildren are participating in this awarenessmovement. In order to strengthenenvironmental consciousness among schoolstudents, with the financial assistance ofGOI, eco-clubs were started at the rate of100 schools per district, all over Tamil Nadu,under the National Green Corps programmeduring the year 2002.The scheme wasextended further to 50 schools additionallyin each district during 2004. 150 moreschools were added in each district duringthe year 2006-07. Under this scheme, RsNational Green Corps2500 per year is given to each school forcarrying out environmental awareness programmes during the Plan period.2. Environmental Information System (ENVIS)The Environmental Information System sponsored by the Government ofIndia has being implemented to provide information on the State ofEnvironment of Tamil Nadu through a web based information system.Publication of ENVIS Newsletters, organizing online chat, online quiz andconducting Environmental awareness programmes among school students aresome of the activities carried out under ENVIS Centre.3. State of Environment (SoE)The preparation of a State of Environment Report has been undertakenwith the financial assistance from the Government of India and the report wasreleased during the year 2006. State of Environment atlas, State of Environmentphoto/video catalogues, and an interactive website on State of Environmentof Tamil Nadu have been prepared under SoE plus project.Externally Aided ProgrammesThe environment component of the Emergency Tsunami ReconstructionProject (ETRP) with World Bank assistance is being implemented by theDirectorate of Environment from 2006 to 2008 with a total outlay of Rs.13.28crore for the project period.275
The Coastal Regulation Zone will cover the part of the coastal area ofTamil Nadu from Palar River Mouth to Thengapattinam in Kanyakumari Districtincluding tidal influenced water bodies. Work has been undertaken to prepareHigh Tide Line (HTL) demarcated digitized Coastal Village maps in the scale of1:5000 for easy identification of CRZ areas with reference to the Coastal ZoneNotification, 1991.Under the World Bank assisted Emergency/TsunamiReconstruction Project, the work of demarcation of HTL and superimposingthe same on village cadastral map has been entrusted to the Institute of RemoteSensing, Anna University, Chennai and the work is in progress and will becompleted by April 2008.Tamil Nadu State Coastal Zone Management Authority (TNSCZMA)The Secretary to Government, Environment and Forest Department,Government of Tamil Nadu is the Chairman, Director of Environment andForest Department is the Member-Secretary of the TNSCZMA. The Authorityhas the power to take measures for protecting and improving the quality ofthe coastal environment and preventing, abating and controlling environmentalpollution in the coastal areas of the State of Tamil Nadu.Other International Protocols And LawsBesides monitoring International Protocols like Clean DevelopmentMechanism (CDM) and Montreal Protocol on ozone depleting substances (ODS),the directorate is also responsible for monitoring the following centralnotifications likelUse of Fly Ash from Thermal Power Plants2 Bio medical waste (Management and Handling) Rules 19983 Ozone Depleting Substance (Regulation) Rules 2000The awareness programmes and workshops on these subjects are alsoconducted by the directorate largely through networking with schools andnon-governmental organizations.276
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