ParyavaranMitra
Information on the purpose of your organization
Paryavaran Mitra is an Ahmedabad-based, Non?Governmental Organisation working on socio-environmental issues since 1997. We have been especially active in the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) process giving a special focus to ensure that Environment Public Hearings in the State of Gujarat are a transparent and democratic channel to voice public grievances against industrial pollution and disasters.
The goal of Paryavaran Mitra is
To focus on social injustice, human rights violations and ecological/environmental imbalance in development projects/process and to try and resolve these issues.
Information on your programmes and activities in areas relevant to the subject of the Summit and in which country or counties they are carried out.
Paryavaran Mitra is working in state of Gujarat in India.
Our main work areas are as follows:
To create awareness regarding environmental legislation among people and organizations
Follow up the implementation of judgment/directions/guidelines pertaining to the environment/ pollution by Hon?ble High Court as well as Supreme Court.
Direct observation of various rural area of their environmental situation and use that data for advocacy at state and central government level.
Try to set up precedents in rural areas for better implementation of environmental law and policies.
Networking with other organizations working in environmental issues and to co ordinate with them for raising various environmental issues.
Strengthen public participation in decision making process along with local self government.
Set up a voluntary public system acting as a watchdog for implementing agencies of environmental laws of govt. in the field of environment and pollution
Educate, sensitize and demystify on issues of environment and industrial pollution; youth groups, women groups, NGOs and other people and to bring them together with organizations, academic institutions, experts and other people in the field of environment preservation and pollution control in Gujarat.
Information on activities at the national or international levels
Climate justice is generally used as a term for viewing climate change as an ethical issue and considering how its causes and effects relate to concepts of justice, particularlyenvironmental justice and social justice. This can mean examining issues such as equality, human rights, collective rights and historical responsibility in relation to climate change. Recognizing and addressing the fact that those least responsible for climate change experience its greatest impacts is seen by many as being central to climate justice. The term is also used with reference to legal systems, where justice is achieved through application and development of law in the area of climate change.
Climate Change Lecture Series - Climate Change Lecture Series was initiated by Paryavaran Mitra in November 2008 on every second and forth Saturday per month. After March 2010 it was decided to arrange only one lecture per month. Total 58 lectures were delivered by various experts on variety of subjects related to climate change till April 2012. Our goal is to create awareness.
Organization have an annual report? (YES/NO) (should contain financial statements and a list of financial sources and contributions, including governmental contributions)?
Yes -
ParyavaranMitraAnnualReaportApril2014toMarch2015.docx
List of members of the governing body of your organization, and their countries of nationality
1. Mahesh Pandya
2. Pankaj Buch
3. Persis Ginwalla
4.Alka Palrecha
5. Vijay Parmar
All are Indian citizens
Copy of the constitution and/or by-laws of the organization (WORD or PDF only), or a weblink to it
PMITRATRUSTDEED.pdf
