Under the Indo-Norwegian Development
Cooperation, a Programme known as Orissa Environment
Programme (OEP) was launched in 1992 under NORAD
funding. Various programmes on Environmental Conservation
and Education, Studies on Environmental Impacts
and so on were carried out under this Programme
which lasted upto 2000. When OEP was closed, the
infrastructure and the assets like books, furniture,
computer, etc. were transferred to the Orissa
Government by OEP along with a small corpus of
Rs. 91.00 lakh a request by the Indo-Norwegian
to continue the initiatives made by OEP. The Orissa
Government in Forest & Environment Department
constituted the Centre for Environmental Studies
(CES) with a lean staff consisting of the Programme
Officer OEP. The Data Entry Operator and the driver
to the supported by the corpus fund which was
to be kept as a fixed deposit in a nationalized
bank. This CES is a Registered Society under the
Societies Registration Act. And the Director,
Environment of the state Government is the ex-officio
Director of this Centre. The Governing Body of
the CES has the Principal Secretary, as Chairman
and a few experts as members.
Centre for Environmental Studies (CES) is an autonomous organization under the Department of Forest and Environment, Government of Orissa. CES undertakes activities to promote environmental awareness in the State. CES also take up projects, conduct training programme, building database etc. CES is the Regional Resource Agency(RRA) for the National Environment Awareness Campaign (NEAC) and Nodal Agency for the National Green Corps (NGC). So far 7500 eco-clubs have been formed in the state. It is also an Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Centre on the subject - Status of Environment & Related Issues in Orissa under the ENVIS Programme of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India. CES organizes World Environment Day and coordinates selection of Prakruti Mitra & Prakruti Bandhu every year with the support of Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa.
We welcome your enquiries and hope you will avail
yourself of our resources and join hands in making
Orissa a Clean and Green State.
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