Department of Environment (Government of Kerala )

Department of Environment (Government of Kerala )
Maps on groundwater quality-Tamil Nadu- A collection by Environmental Information System Centre, Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu
This collection of district level maps by Environmental Information System Centre, Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu shows the details of fluoride, chloride, iron, nitrate and salinity present in groundwater in Tamil Nadu. Posted on 16 Jan, 2013 06:33 PM

The Environmental Information System Centre, Department of Environment has prepared groundwater quality maps of Tamil Nadu. Water is considered to be hard when it contains high level of dissolved minerals. This may be of natural occurrence or due to human activities such as industrialisation leading to water pollution.

Environment Policy - Department of Environment, Government of Kerala (2007)
A policy document that aims at mainstreaming environmental concerns in all developmental activities in the state of Kerala
Posted on 03 May, 2011 09:42 PM

This policy document by the Department of Environment, Government of Kerala highlights the need for conservation of natural resources in the state of Kerala, in the context of increasing exploitation of resources and deterioration of the environment in the state.

The policy aims at mainstreaming environmental concerns in all the developmental activities and  argues that the most secure basis for conservation is to ensure that people dependent on resources obtain better livelihoods from conservation, rather than degradation of resources.

Environment Policy Guidelines of Department of Science and Technology - Government of Himachal Pradesh (2010)
This document outlining the Environment Policy Guidelines of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Himachal Pradesh has developed approaches compatible with mountain ecosystems. Posted on 14 Nov, 2010 06:29 PM

This document outlining the Environment Policy Guidelines of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Himachal Pradesh has developed approaches compatible with mountain ecosystems and its unique aspects such as fragility, inaccessibility, marginality, diversity, climatic peculiarities, scattered population and small agricultural holdings. 

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