Tag «Shrimati Jayanthi Natarajan Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests»

Ganga Action Plan Phase-II

Ganga Action Plan (GAP) Phase-I was launched in 1985 to improve the water quality of river Ganga. Later, GAP Phase-II was initiated in 1993. Various pollution abatement schemes including interception & diversion of sewage and setting up of sewage treatment plants were taken up under the Plan. This was stated by Shrimati Jayanthi Natarajan Minister …

Natural Resources

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is a global study that compiles and presents a case for the economic basis for conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity. The final report of the study was released in 2010 at the Tenth Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD CoP-10) in Nagoya, Japan. The …