WISH YOU ALL
A VERY HAPPY, PROSPEROUS, FRUITFUL, PEACEFUL NEW YEAR 2012 -
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February 2, 2012
The NIE celebrates the World Wetlands Day with the publication of a post which shows the value of wetlands for recreation, ecotourism and livelihoods.
The Poster can be downloaded here as a JPG file or a PDF file.
The seminar planned for today has been rescheduled to be held on 21-23 March 2012. Late Contributions are still welcome.
January 3, 2012
We have learned with shock and grief the passing away of our past President, Prof. R. S. Ambasht on the night of 2 January 2012. On behalf of all Fellows and Members of the NIE, the Central Executive Council offers our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. May his soul rest in peace.
September 16, 2011
Dr S. Ayyappan, Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, delivered the First Dr P.V. Dehadrai Memorial Lecture at a solemn function organised by the Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi. Dr Dehadrai was an alumnus of Delhi University in late 1950s, India's first Fisheries Commissioner and later the first Deputy Director General (Fisheries) of the ICAR. He was President of the NIE at the time of his demise. Rich Tributes were paid to him by many of his colleagues and friends. Numerous fishery scientists, ecologists, friends and students attended the Lecture.
August 30, 2011
The NIE has signed an MOU with WWF-India for undertaking a research project in the Shivna River basin in district Aurangabad (Maharashtra). The study which forms a part of the larger EC-funded programme, will examine
the impacts of irrigational water use on the ecosystem services of rivers and wetlands in Shivna River Basin, and attempt a rapid economic valuation.
for a description of the Project, see here
July 7, 2011
Prof. K.C. Sharma (retired Professor of Environmental Science, MDS University, Ajmer) has joined yesterday as Professor of the newly created Department of Environmental Science at the Central University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Congratulations.
June 1, 2011
The Executive Secretary of the NIE, Dr Deblina Dwivedi (nee Ghosh), has resigned with effect from today. She has joined the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi.
June 2, 2011
Dr P.V. Dehadrai, President of NIE passes away
We have learned with shock and grief the passing away of our President, Dr P.V. Dehadrai, former Dy Director General (Fisheries), ICAR, New Delhi. Dr Dehadrai had been ill for quite some time and was in ICU for the past few days.
Our Heartfelt Condolences to the Bereaved Family.
May 11, 2011
The Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi, constitutes an Expert Committee on River Regulation Zone Notification.
The National Institute of Ecology had for the first time in 2001 proposed the need for a River Regulation Zone and the MOEF had agreed to it in the recommendations of the National Workshop on Rivers and Lake Conservation. The intention was included in the proposals for the Tenth Plan by the Planning Commission. The NIE, at the request of the MoEF had prepared a detailed background paper on the subject.
Interestingly, the cause of the RRZ has been advocated by the Civil society actively, especially by Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan citing the NIE's 2002 report. We sincerely hope that the NIE's initiative taken a decade ago, and revived now will soon become a reality for the conservation of rivers in India.
Download the relevant documents here;
The Resolution of the MOEF's National Workshop
The MOEF office order for RRZ Expert Group (10 May 2011)
NIE's original Background Report on RRZ (December 2002)
For More on NIE's work on Yamuna, go to Projects
May 8, 2011
The National Seminar on Fly Ash based Amendments for the Amelioration of Degraded Soils to increase Crop Production in the Gangetic Plains at CSSRI, Lucknow, was successfully organised. Iy was inaugurated by Dr R.B. Singh, President of NAAS, New Delhi, and chaired by Dr Bimal Kumar of the dept of Science & Technology, New Delhi which had financialy supported the seminar. the Proceedings are in preparation.
April 26, 2011
UNESCO-New Delhi assigns the Mid Term Review of the WHPI Project to NIE
The UNESCO has supported a 4-year project on "Building Partnerships to Support UNESCO's World Heritage Programme in India" The project envisages for long term management and conservation of natural World Heritage Sites (WHS) in India. The project endeavors to develop effectively managed clusters of existing and potential World Heritage Sites representing critical ecosystem and habitats of India. Management of these sites combines law enforcement, communications and advocacy, habitat integrity, enhanced connectivity, science based management with participation and livelihood support for local communities and engagement with civil society.
The project is currently being executed in four natural World Heritage Sites i.e. Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park in Assam, Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan and Nanda Devi National Park in Uttarakhand. The Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun is implement the project in KNP and NDBR whereas the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) is the implementation partner for the two sites in Assam. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India (GoI) and the State Forest Departments of Assam, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.are also Partners.
The implementation of the project is based on decisions of a Steering Committee and specific activities listed in the project document. An T Advisory Committee oversees the implementation of the project.
The mid-term review will suggest effective strategies and correctives required and the lessons learned through the process for application in the next two years of the project before its closure in September 2012.
March 2011
The NIE will organise, with the support of the Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India,
New Delhi, a National Seminar on Fly Ash based Amendments for Amelioration of Degraded Soils to increase Crop Production in the Gangetic Plains at CSSRI, Lucknow, during 7-8 May 2011.
Contact: Dr P.S. Pathak, Coordinator, Centre for Application & Research in Ecotechnology, National Institute of Ecology, Lucknow- 226012, U.P.
Email: pathak.prem@gmail.com. Dowload First Circular HERE.
January 2011
NIE Updated Website
We are pleased to inform that the
NIE websited is being updated and improved with more information of interest to members.
As a first step, the publications are being updated. The International Journal of Ecology and Environmengtal Sciences has been fully updated. The contents and Abstract of all issues from vol. 1 to 36 (2010) are now posted online and all articles of the Vol. 36 have been provided open access. You can download PDF files of all articles. From now on, the articles in the Journal will be posted as on-line-first even before issues are printed.
The Instruction for Authors have been revised, expanded and published in the journal as well as placed on Journal's webpage.
The Bulletin of the National Institute of Ecology has been made fully OPEN ACCESS online publication with free use of colour illustations and photographs where necessary. Only Membewrship of the authors and coauthors is necessary. All issues of the Bulletin have now been uploaded on its webpage.
December 2010
A three-day National Seminar on Biodiversity, ecosystems and climate change: The challenge ahead was organised successfully in Lucknow, during 4-6 December 2010. The Seminar was held jointly with and hosted by the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR) and was financially supported by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. The Third Prof. R. Misra Birth Centenary Lecture was delivered by Prof. J.S. Singh during the seminar.
The inaugural function was attended by several seniors such as Director, NBRI, Director, Sugarcane Research Institute, Director, Central Tropical Horticulture Institute etc. Dr. S.K. Jena, Director of NBFGR-the Host organization- welcomed the participants. After lighting the ceremonial lamp, the dignitaries offered floral tributes to Professor Ram Deo Misra, "Father of Indian Ecology" and Founder of the NIE.
Prof. R.S. Tripathi
chaired the inaugural Session and Dr P.V. Dehadrai, President, NIE, felicitated Prof. J.S. Singh and presented the scroll.
Besdes several keynote lectures and oral presentations, special feature of the seminar was the presentations made a large number of your researchers.
Three students were awarded Certificates of Merit. The presentation by
Miss C. Tesia on 'amphibian diversity n the northeast' was adjudged as the best, the presentation by
Miss Saumya Srivastava on ' toxicity of arsenic to black gram and its amelioration using phosphate' was adjudged second, and the presentation by Mr. Ravi Kumar on 'remote sensing applications for forest biomass estimation' was selected as third for the award.
Abstracts of all presentations submitted for the Seminar can be dowloaded here.
Prof. R. Misra Birth Centenary Lecture by Prof. J.S. Singh has been published in the Bulletin of the NIE, vol. 22 (2011). Download it Free.
Photographs from the Seminar can viewed in the Photo-Gallery.
