Abstract
Realizing the dearth of environmental information in India, the Ministry of Environment and Forests established an Environmental Information System (ENVIS) as a plan programme in December 1982. The focus of ENVIS since its inception has been on providing environmental information to decision makers, policy planners, scientists and engineers, research workers, etc., all over India. Under this programme a few organizations were identified as centres of excellence and requested to host ENVIS Centres on various environmental areas. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi was identified as the ENVIS Centre on Renewable Energy and Environment. This paper highlights the activities performed at the TERI ENVIS Centre and the various tools used, such as web sites, publications, etc., to disseminate information among researchers, consultants and policy makers. It also outlines future courses of action for the Centre.
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