State ofenvironmentreportindia 2009

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1 State ofenvironmentreportindia 2009 Process and Content 11 th August 2009

2 Presentation Profile SoEReporting Process in India SoEReport India 2009 key highlights Future Outlook

3 SoEReporting Process in India

4 Background 10 th Five Year Plan Decision to streamline SoE Reporting System in India NHIs and SHIs designated Objectives to present an overview of the environmental situation in space and time to create awareness and ownership of issues among stakeholders to enable policy and strategy formulation to facilitate analytical and informed decision-making

5 SoE Reporting Approach Sensitisation/ Stakeholders Workshop (Data Based) Data Collection (Perception Based) Issue Identification & Prioritisation Data Collation Synthesis & Consultation -Gaps -Possible responses Response Identification Validation & Data Gap Filling Draft Report Consultation Finalisation Verification with stakeholders SoE Report -India

6 PSIR - Analytic Framework PSIRframework has been used to analyse the various issues Pressure : Agents of environmental changes; State Impact : Analysis of the past trends or projection of the future; : Effects on environment quality; and Response : Societal response with policies to affect State of the Environment

7 SoE Reporting Products

8 SoEReport India 2009 Key Highlights

9 State of Environment Report The report is structured into five sections Section I : Section II : Section III : Section IV : Section V : Overview State and Trends of the Environment Key Environmental Issues Policies and Institutional Options Annexure

10 STATE & TRENDS of Land ENVIRONMENT Air Water Biodiversity

11 Land Approximately 45% land degraded Water erosion Soil acidity, alkalinity, salinity Water logging Wind erosion & complex problems Prime Causes Deforestation Unsustainable agriculture practices Mining operations Excessive ground water extraction >2/3 of this 147 Mha. can be quite easily regenerated Forest Cover gradually improving

12 Air Increasing trend of RSPM and SPM levels Most cities > NAAQ Standards Public Health damage costs in 50 cities (110m population) = Rs.15,000 crores in 2004 Prime drivers Vehicular pollution Industrialisation SO2 and NO2 levels fortunately decreasing due to measures taken

13 Water Quantitative limits to Water Use Availability consuming 75% utilisable resource Future requirement just enough if careful Temporal Challenge 80% flows in four months Spatial Challenge many basins facing scarcity Prime Causes Domestic Activities Unsustainable consumption patterns pricing Inadequate sanitation pollution Industrial Activities Unregulated extraction of ground water Discharge of toxic and organic waste water Agricultural Activities Inefficient Irrigation and farming practices Overuse of chemical fertilisers and pesticides

14 Biodiversity India biodiversity rich With 2.4% global land area has 8% biodiversity wealth One of the 17 mega diverse countries >45,500 plant and 91,000 animal species Mostly in 10% of our land area However rapid loss trends 10% wild flora and fauna in threatened list Many on the verge of extinction Prime Causes Anthropogenic habitat destruction Others poaching and hunting, invasive species, over exploitation of wild bioresources, pollution and climate change

15 Food Security Energy Security Climate Change KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Water Security Managing Urbanization

16 Addressing Climate Challenge National Perspective India contributes only ~5% global CO2 1.2T/capita/annum Over 700 million people likely to be affected Preliminary vulnerability assessments completed detailing in progress Response Strategy - NAPCC Adaptation to climate change Enhancement of ecological sustainability of India s development path Multi-pronged integrated strategies through Eight National Missions

17 Food Security National Perspective Under nourished population of ~ 231 million Marginal improvement in Children s nutrition status Response Strategy (NFS Mission) Sustainable increase in production & productivity of food crops Boosting agricultural science and technology Promotion of organic farming Upgradation of storage and distribution systems

18 Water Security Improving efficiencies and minimising losses Recharging Ground Water Aquifers Abatement and Treatment of Pollution Reuse and recycling of Waste Water Projected Annual Requirement of Water

19 Energy Security National Perspective Though generation increased, over 600 million people have no access to electricity High dependence on fossil fuels have significant environmental and climate implications Response Strategy Generation capacity optimisation, technology upgradation, focus on renewables Transmission National Grid development, loss reduction Distribution system upgradation with service orientation, loss and theft reduction Conservation demand side management

20 Managing Urbanization National Perspective Currently ~ 28% urban population rapidly increasing 20 to 40% urban population in slums with environmental and health implications Response Strategies JN National Urban Renewal Mission Well Integrated More emphasis may be given to small and medium towns

21 Future Outlook

22 Future Outlook National Products SoEReport India 2009 Two Thematic SoEs Updated Interactive SoE Atlas India Sustainability Watch State Level Products Second set of Reports all States before 2012 Second set of other products most states

23 Thank you