ENVIS CENTRE SIKKIM On Status of Environment & its Related Issues

PANDA is a bi-annual news magazine published by the department of Forest, Environment & Wildlife Management in collaboration with the ENVIS Centre. PANDA was initially published in 1993 and after which it went in hibernation. However, with the much effort from the departmental ENVIS Centre, PANDA has resurfaced with its launch on 5th June 2009 by the Hon'ble Forest Minister, Shri Bhim Prasad Dhungel.

This issue covers notes from various resource persons on Bamboo Diseases, Ornithological Wealth of Sikkim, Reptiles of Sikkim and Moths of Sikkim. This issue also highlights state’s achievements in Conservation of our Environment. The abstracts of our recent landmark publication 'State of Environment Report’ have also been included along with awareness column to Save Water.

This issue covers notes on Needs for Conservation of Bamboo Genetic Resource of Sikkim, Butterfly Article, notes on Threatened Orchid of Sikkim Himalaya, abstract on the Case Study of Landslide Treatment of South Sikkim, activity highlights of Wildlife Week Celebration 2007 and notes on the event of International Flower Festival 2008.

In this first issue of our quarterly newsletter, we bring to you notes on various programmes and events related to environment carried out within the state such as State Green Mission, National Environment Awareness Campaign, Celebrations on Environment, Solid waste Management, Wetlands of Sikkim, Outcome of the United Nations Climate Change Conference at Nairobi, etc.