FORESTS, ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT Government of Sikkim

Realizing the importance of Environmental Information, the  Government of India, in December, 1982, established an Environmental Information System(ENVIS) as a plan programme. The focus of ENVIS since inception has been on providing environmental information to decision makers, policy planners, scientists and engineers, research workers, etc. all over the country.

Presently the ENVIS network consists of Focal Point at the Ministry of Environment and Forest and ENVIS Centers setup in different organizations/establishments in the country in selected areas of environment. These Centers have been set up in the areas of pollution control, toxic chemicals, central and offshore ecology, environmentally sound and appropriate technology, bio-degradation of wastes and environment management, etc. ENVIS focal point ensures integration of national efforts in environmental information collection, collation, storage, retrieval and dissemination to all concerned.

Long-term objectives

• To build up a repository and dissemination centre in Environmental Science and Engineering;
• To gear up the modern technologies of acquisition, processing, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information of environmental nature; and
• To support and promote research, development and innovation in environmental information technology.

• To provide national environmental information service relevant to present needs and capable of development to meet the future needs of the users, originators, processors and disseminators of information;
• To build up storage, retrieval and dissemination capabilities with the ultimate objectives of disseminating information speedily to the users;
• To promote, national and international cooperation and liaison for exchange of environment related information;
• To promote, support and assist education and personnel training programmes designed to enhance environmental information processing and utilization capabilities;
• To promote exchange of information amongst developing countries.

• Building up a good collection of books, reports and journals in the particular subject area of environment;
• Establishment of linkages with all information sources in the particular subject area of environment;
• Responding to user queries;
• Establishment of a data bank on some selected parameters relating to the subject area;
• Coordination with the Focal Point for supplying relevant, adequate and timely information to the users;
• Helping the Focal Point in gradually up an inventory of information material available at the Centre; identification of information gaps in the specified subject areas and action to fill these gaps;
• Bringing out newsletters/publications in their subject area for wide dissemination.

This center is functioning under Forest, Environment and Wildlife Management Department, Government of Sikkim.

On Status of Environment and Related Issues

The Center has been established at the Ground Floor of the Annex- II, Forest Secretariat, Deorali, Gangtok, East Sikkim

The center is functioning under the over all administration of the PCCF-cum-Secretary, Forest, Environment and Wildlife Management Department, Government of Sikkim. The day to day affairs of the center are being supervised and managed by the Chief Conservator of Forests, Land Use and Environment, who is also the Programme coordinator for ENVIS Sikkim Center. There are three project staff working under the center to look after the needs of collection, compilation, database development, updating of  information on the database and in websites, etc.,

1. Shri. C. Lachungpa, IFS - Programme Coordinator
2. Shri. Rajen Pradhan - Sr. Programme Officer
3. Ms. Sandhya Pradhan - Programme Officer
4. Shri. Laxuman Darnal - Programme Assistant