WII-ENVIS Centre on Wildlife and Protected Areas 20 Years of Environmental Information Service Anant Pande*, J P Nautiyal, S A Hussain, V B Mathur Background • Established in September 1997 as the 23rd ENVIS Centre of India • Theme “Wildlife and Protected Areas”
Mandate • Collect, Collate, Organize and Disseminate information related to
• Website visitors – Avg. 4,30,000/ year
Wildlife Science • Establish linkages with all information
• Social media reach > 3000/ day
sources in wildlife conservation
• 20 thematic bulletins, 8 posters > 500 Citations in the last 5 years (2012-2016)
Activities
CDs
Infographic Posters
Thematic Bulletins
Wildlife and Environment Quiz
Knowledge Products
Science Communication Workshop
Collect
Protected Areas -
Collate
Threatened Species –
Cover, Maps, Gazettes, Biodiversity
Status, Distribution, Research
Disseminate
Databases
Reports read Visitors (x 100)
10000 8000
Number
Important Environmental Awareness Days
Indicators
Latest news -
6000 4000
Geospatial data – Maps, Shapefiles, Occurrence data
Policy documents – Global conventions, Gazette notifications
Research Highlights -
2000
Scientific Papers, Reports
0 2012 Education and Outreach Camps
Human-wildlife conflict, Illegal trade
2013
2014 Year
2015
2016
Climate change – Impacts on wildlife
ENVIS Centre on “Wildlife & Protected Areas”, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun; Funded by Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Email:
[email protected] Website: www.wiienvis.nic.in; https://www.facebook.com/Wildlife-Institute-of-India-ENVIS-Centre
