Monday, March 10, 2003		Dotcom World

Click to save Indian forests
Vinod Kumar

FOREST and forest resources play vital role in survival of mankind. Forest ecology and human civilisation are closely connected. They are an unlimited source of raw material. The unprecedented industrialisation, growth of cities. March 21 is observed as the World Forest Day to encourage people all over the world to come forward and save forests. In India, 20 per cent of the geographical area is under the forest cover but we are losing forests at an alarming rate annually. Many NGO agencies along with government are putting in efforts to save forests and environment. We are providing you a list of Websites, which will give you information about World Forest Day.

http://envfor.nic.in

This is the official Website of Government of India Ministry of Environment and Forests. On this site administrative set up, organisational structure, annual report, performance budget and policies of Ministry of Environment and Forests is made available. Here the complete bio-data, speeches, photographs of ministers of environment and forests are given. List of subordinate offices, autonomous institutions is also given. Funding schemes of ministry of environment and forests for non-governmental organisations, research institutions, universities etc is given on this site. Information about environmental and forests clearance is available.

This Website provides information on Indian forests and wildlife collected from various secondary level authentic sources. The data available on this site can be downloaded in Excel/HTML formats. This site can be of great use to academicians, researchers and professionals. On this site you can use the dropdown menu to get information about forests, forest produce, forest schemes, wildlife and illegal trade at all-India/state level. You can also use the search engine to find information on this site.

On this site vital information regarding globally important forests is given. You can make a make an interactive map using data from Global Forest Watch reports. This site has huge database of facts and figures of forest across the world. From this site you can download Atlas of Russia’s intact forest landscapes, an analysis of access to central Africa’s rainforests.