CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Environment Information System (ENVIS) is a one stop, web enabled and comprehensive portal which provides information on environment and related subject areas to researchers, academicians, policy planners, environmentalists, scientists, engineers and the general public.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Environmental Information System (ENVIS) is a project funded by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India to facilitate collection, analysis and dissemination of information on various facets of environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -The database generated by ENVIS is used for the management of Biodiversity. It plays a vital role not only in formulating environmental management policies but also in the decision-making process aiming at environmental protection.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is ENVIS? ENVIS is a decentralised system with a network of distributed subject oriented centres ensuring integration of national efforts in environmental information collection, collation, storage, retrieval and dissemination to all concerned.

Detailed explanation-5: -The focal point of ENVIS is located in the Ministry and assists the Environment Information (EI) Division in coordinating the activities of all the ENVIS network partners by making ENVIS a web-enabled comprehensive information system.