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Report on Celebration of World Environment Day
Year: 2021
Theme: Ecosystem Restoration
Gujarat Cleaner Production Centre
ENVIS Resource Partner: Cleaner Production & Clean Technology
Supported by: Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
Government of India
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Celebration of World Environment Day, 2021
ACTIVITY – 1: ORGANIZED AN EXPERT LECTURE AT GCPC-ENVIS CENTRE
INVITING SHRI HEMANT SUTHAR, (RETD.) DY. CONSERVATOR OF FOREST
(D.C.F.) (CLASS-I) ON 4TH JUNE, 2021
Gujarat Cleaner Production Centre – ENVIS Resource Partner celebrated World Environment
Day, 2021 at GCPC-ENVIS Centre, Gandhinagar under the leadership and guidance of
Dr. Bharat Jain, Member Secretary, GCPC & Coordinator, GCPC-ENVIS and by inviting
Shri Hemant Suthar, (Retd.) Dy. Conservator of Forest (D.C.F.) (Class-I), Gujarat Forest
Department as a special guest on the occasion on 4th June, 2021.
The inauguration started with presenting a memento to our special guest Shri Hemant Suthar
and with a brief introduction of Shri Hemant Suthar by Ms. Priyanka Joshi, Information
Officer, GCPC-ENVIS and with Saraswati Vandana.
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She mentioned about the various initiatives taken by Shri Hemant Suthar during his tenure,
which inclusive of conducting of radio talks at All India Radio, Aakashvani, Ahmedabad,
compilation of various books and articles in various newspapers. He has closely worked with
various other reputed organizations such as SPIPA, GCERT, Anand Agricultural University
and other state level institutes.
He has also delivered various lectures on wildlife, nature education, climate change, global
warming and other environment and related issues and compiled various publications on the
same. He has also delivered many lectures to forest subordinates, agriculture officer, public
prosecutors, professors and so on.
The session continued with discussion by
Shri Hemant Suthar on establishment of
World Environment Day in 1972 with
objective to create awareness towards the
environmental conservation and
minimizing the increasing environmental
issues. He mentioned World
Environment Day inspires us in changing
consumption patterns as well in
modifying international environmental
policies.
He then discussed about the theme of this
year’s world environment day i.e.,
‘Ecosystem Restoration’ mentioning
about the ‘Current Status of Ecosystem
and its Restoration’. He then stress upon
the ‘The Bonn Challenge’, which is a
global goal to bring 150 million hectares
of degraded and deforested landscapes
into restoration by 2020 and 350 million
hectares by 2030. It also focuses on
greening environment by growing more
trees, greening cities, changing diets, cleaning up rivers and coasts, etc.
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Speaking on the occasion he gave an
example of Philippines where the country
has passed a law for environmental
management in which every student has
to mandatorily plant 10 trees in order to
get their graduation degree. The bill
known as ‘Graduation Legacy for the
Environment Act’.
Shri Suthar then discussed about the Ecosystem – types, structure, components, problems
associated with ecosystem degradation and process for its restoration by planting trees,
preventing pollution, sustainable lifestyle and so on.
He gave various examples mentioning about the Trees Per Head as per UN report, 2018 Trees
Per Head in Various Countries i.e.,: Canada: 8953 Russia: 4461 USA: 716 China: 102,
India:28 including the example of Kabirwad which is banyan tree located on small river
island in Narmada river in Bharuch District, Gujarat. The tree and place is associated with
15th century mystic-poet kabir. The tree’s canopy was so extensive it sheltered 7000 men.
He concluded mentioning that today; our global footprint is about one and half time
the Earth's total capacity to provide renewable and non-renewable resources to humanity. If
nothing changes, in 35 years, with an increasing population that could reach 9.6 billion
by 2050, we will need almost three planets to sustain our ways of living.
The session concluded with vote of thanks from Dr. Bharat Jain, Member Secretary, GCPC &
Coordinator, GCPC-ENVIS and thanking Shri Hemant Suthar for his wonderful lecture.
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ACTIVITY – 2: WEBINAR ON INTEGRATING ECOSYSTEM INTO
SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR DR. S. & S.S. GHANDHY
GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE, SURAT ON 5TH JUNE, 2021
GCPC-ENVIS RP & Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Dr. S. & S.S.
Ghandhy Government Engineering College, Surat jointly organized webinar on Integrating
Ecosystem into Sustainable Industrial Development on 5 th June, 2021.
The dignitaries present during the webinar were Dr. V.D. Dhiman, Principal, DGGEC, Surat,
Dr. Bharat Jain, Member Secretary, GCPC & Coordinator, GCPC-ENVIS including 130
participants inclusive of professors and students from DGGEC, Surat.
The programme started with welcome address from Dr. V.D. Dhiman, Principal, DGGEC
and with a brief introduction of Dr. Bharat Jain by Prof. D.J. Mehta, Asst. Prof. CED,
DGGEC, Surat.
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The programme continued with discussion on ‘Integrating Ecosystem into Sustainable
Industrial Development’ by Dr. Bharat Jain, Member Secretary, GCPC & Coordinator,
GCPC-ENVIS. He discussed the inception of World Environment Day, Environment
Perspective in India since ancient times worshiping different elements of nature as a God
followed by discussion on ecosystem, causes and evidence of ecosystem damage.
He then stressed upon the various tools for ecosystem restoration giving example of
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Study which is formulated to meet the requirement
of the project to minimize the impact of the upcoming structure on the environment.
Dr. Jain elaborated on Environment Protection Act, 1986, environmental management plan,
ecological restoration and its challenges including the activities need to be performed by
human beings for ecological restoration.
He gave various examples of successful restoration projects in India giving example of
Yamuna Biodiversity Park a collaborative effort of Delhi Development Authority and Centre
for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE), University of Delhi,
Mangrove restoration in Andhra Pradesh and Chilka Lake of Odisha.
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He then stressed upon the need of Sustainable Development and various strategies to achieve
sustainable development. He continued discussing the scenario of industrialization in the state
of Gujarat discussing about the robust industrial infrastructure facilities in the state and mega
projects such as Dholera, DMIC, PCPIR and so on. He continued discussing on major
product clusters in the state inclusive of Engineering, Chemical, Textile, Mineral Based
Industries, Agro and Food Processing, Plastic, Paper and others which describes the state of
Gujarat as a manufacturing hub and growth engine of the country.
Dr. Jain mentioned, Gujarat being the leading industrialized state in the country is also
leading in terms of effluent treatment capacity with most number of Common Effluent
Treatment Plants (CETPs), Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs), Deep Sea
Disposal Facilities hence as per 2018 10 out of 100 polluted industrial areas of Gujarat is
under Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) identified by Central Pollution
Control Board (CPCB).
Hence it is realized that, to overcome the environmental issues, treatment of pollution and
waste is not the only solution as it is cost intensive and so we need to be proactive realizing
the need of pollution prevention (P2), the concept of “Cleaner Production” (CP) was
introduced by UNEP and UNIDO in the year 1992 and realizing the potential of Cleaner
Production in the state of Gujarat, Gujarat Cleaner Production Centre (GCPC) was
established in the year 1998 by the Department of Industries and Mines, Government of
Gujarat with technical support of United Nations Industrial Development Organization
(UNIDO).
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Dr. Jain then stressed upon the tools and methodology to implement CP followed by case
studies of CP implementation in different industrial sectors inclusive of chemical,
agrochemical, cement, textile, dairy, etc. followed by discussion on Green Chemistry and
Green Technology.
Dr. Jain elaborated the initiatives taken by Gujarat Cleaner Production Centre in promoting
the concept of Cleaner Production instituting Gujarat State Cleaner Production Award
(GCPA) for industries with support of Forests and Environment Department, Government of
Gujarat, including cleaner production as a subject in course curriculum of B.E. and M.E.
Environment in colleges of Gujarat and compiling book on Cleaner Production and its
applications.
He then stressed upon the Eco-Industrial Parks (EIP) Development integrating common
environment infrastructure facilities within the estates. Dr. Jain continued discussing the
‘Green Building’ concept which eliminates the negative impact of construction on
environment through its design and structure giving examples of various green buildings
across the globe inclusive of Godrej Green Business Centre located at Hyderabad which has
solar system into it, natural lighting, rooftop garden, zero water discharge systems and so on.
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Dr. Bharat Jain concluded discussing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) addressed by
GCPC-ENVIS RP through its various activities including the future scenario of water and
energy.
The programme concluded with Q&A and with vote of thanks from Prof. D.J. Mehta, Asst.
Prof. CED, DGGEC, Surat.
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ACTIVITY – 3: GCPC-ENVIS RP with support of Shree P.K. Chaudhari Mahila Arts
College, Gandhinagar, Bharat Vikas Parishad, Gandhinagar and National Service
Scheme (NSS) jointly organized essay competition for two categories Class 8 to 12 and
UG & PG Students
Under this GCPC-ENVIS RP invited participants from schools and colleges of Gandhinagar,
Gujarat to submit essay on Ecosystem Restoration in English, Hindi and Gujarati language in
which Category -1 (Class 8 to 12 students) have to submit their essay in (Minimum 1500 –
Maximum 2000 words) and Category -2 (UG & PG students) have to submit their essay in
(Minimum 2000 – Maximum 2500 words) respectively.
Prizes for the first three winners in each category I and II will receive cash prize, 25
participants in merit from both the category will get appreciation E-certificate and kit bag
from GCPC-ENVIS RP. Remaining participants will get E-certificate from GCPC-ENVIS
RP. The winners will be declared on GCPC-ENVIS RP website:- www.gcpcenvis.nic.in .
The last date of submission is 9th June, 2021 till 5:00 PM
Cash Prize for Both Categories
1st Winner: 1500 Rs/-
2nd Winner: 1000 Rs/-
3rd Winner: 500 Rs/-
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I don’t want to
protect the
environment; I want
to create a world
where the environment
doesn’t need
protection
Gujarat Cleaner Production Centre
ENVIS Resource Partner: Cleaner Production & Clean Technology
Supported by: Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India
Phone: - +91 9825146844, Email: gcpc-env@nic.in,
GUJARAT CLEANER Website:–www.gcpcenvis.nic.in
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