Community Health Nursing ICommunity organizations to promote environmental health By, Thiru murugan ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE: UNIT - 3:Community organizations to promote environmental health Levels and types of agencies: National, state, local - Government, voluntary and social agencies. Legislations and acts regulating the environmental hygiene. Community organizations to promote environmental health: Environmental organizations are working for improvement and betterment of surrounding includes pollution, waste, resource depletion, human overpopulation and climate change. It can be global, national, regional or local. The organization may be a charity, a trust, a non-governmental organization or a government organization NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Ministry of Environment Forests and climate change (MoEFCC) For planning, promoting, coordinating and overseeing the implementation of environmental and forestry programmes in the country. The main activities : Conservation and survey of the environment, forests and other wilderness areas Prevention and control of pollution Deforestation and reducing land degradation. It is responsible for the administration of the national parks of India Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB): To promote cleanliness of streams & wells in different areas of the States by prevention, control of water pollution. To improve the quality of air & to prevent, control air pollution in the country Functions of CPCB: Advise the Central Government on any matter concerning prevention & control of water & air pollution and improvement of the quality of air. Plan a nation-wide programme for the prevention, control of water & air pollution; Co- ordinate the activities of the State Board & resolve environmental problems Sponsor investigation and research relating to problems of water and air pollution, Plan and organize training on the prevention, control of water and air pollution; Environmental non-governmental organizations: To develop civic & environmental consequences among the public , To educate the students about the pollution problem and the harmful effect of pollution, To describe and discuss the common characteristics of environmental issues & To act as a catalyst in bringing about local initiative and community participation Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Largest NGO in the Indian sub-continent engaged in nature conservation research & spreads awareness about the need to protect the environment and sustainable use of natural resources Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) Environmental NGO specializing in sustainable nature resource management in New Delhi; believes in knowledge-based activism to cope with India's environmental threats - ecological poverty, land degradation, toxic degradation etc. Greenpeace India: Indian wing of the international non-profit organization; activities, discouraging genetic engineering, promoting peace, saving the environment from pollution (eliminating toxic

1. Community Health Nursing I
Community organizations to promote
environmental health
By,
Thiru murugan

2. •ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE:
•UNIT - 3:Community organizations to promote
environmental health
a) Levels and types of agencies: National, state, local -
Government, voluntary and social agencies.
b) Legislations and acts regulating the environmental
hygiene.

3. • Community organizations to promote environmental health:
• Environmental organizations are working for improvement and betterment of surrounding
includes pollution, waste, resource depletion, human overpopulation and climate change.
• It can be global, national, regional or local. The organization may be a charity, a trust, a
non-governmental organization or a government organization
• NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
• Ministry of Environment Forests and climate change (MoEFCC) For planning, promoting,
coordinating and overseeing the implementation of environmental and forestry programmes
in the country.
• The main activities :
• Conservation and survey of the environment, forests and other wilderness areas
• Prevention and control of pollution
• Deforestation and reducing land degradation.
• It is responsible for the administration of the national parks of India

4. • Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB): To promote cleanliness of streams
& wells in different areas of the States by prevention, control of water
pollution. To improve the quality of air & to prevent, control air pollution in the
country
• Functions of CPCB:
• Advise the Central Government on any matter concerning prevention & control
of water & air pollution and improvement of the quality of air.
• Plan a nation-wide programme for the prevention, control of water & air
pollution;
• Co- ordinate the activities of the State Board & resolve environmental problems
• Sponsor investigation and research relating to problems of water and air
pollution,
• Plan and organize training on the prevention, control of water and air pollution;

5. • Environmental non-governmental organizations: To develop civic & environmental
consequences among the public , To educate the students about the pollution problem
and the harmful effect of pollution, To describe and discuss the common characteristics
of environmental issues & To act as a catalyst in bringing about local initiative and
community participation
• Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Largest NGO in the Indian sub-continent
engaged in nature conservation research & spreads awareness about the need to protect
the environment and sustainable use of natural resources
• Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) Environmental NGO specializing in
sustainable nature resource management in New Delhi; believes in knowledge-based
activism to cope with India's environmental threats - ecological poverty, land
degradation, toxic degradation etc.
• Greenpeace India: Indian wing of the international non-profit organization; activities,
discouraging genetic engineering, promoting peace, saving the environment from
pollution (eliminating toxic wastes, saving the seas), promoting sustainable agriculture
etc.

6. • Wildlife Conservation Trust of India (WTI) Non-profit organization set up in Mumbai
Maharashtra, to prevent destruction of India's wildlife, especially endangered species
(tigers, elephants, rhinos) & threatened habitats; aids research & projects, educates
public, acquires land for wildlife conservation
• National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) In Nagpur
Research institute devoted to research & innovations in environmental science &
engineering besides solving a range of problems posed by industry, government and
public part of areas include air pollution, climate change, environmental health Wildlife.
• Conservation Society-India Progmme: founded in Bangalore focuses on protect
reserves by studying tigers, leopards, prey species. offers an courses in wildlife biology
& conservation.
• Trust founded in Chennai with the mission of conservation of biodiversity Gurukula
Botanical sanctuary
• Plant sanctuary in waynad in Kerala, for conservational of biology Research and
Action in natural wealth administration (RANWA)

7. • Small NGO in pune, engaged in environmental research activities
• Care earth organization: maintain the land and its natural
resources
• Vanashakthi: Wet land environmental protect organization and anti
mining
• Indian farm forestry development cooperation(IFFDC)
• Integrated rural developmental activity, deforestation
• Centre for Environmental Research and education(CERE)
• Mumbai based organization works for waste recycling & Research
• Surveying environmental education.

8. • LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
• Project Agastya more efficient and Sustainable Water Resources Management in
Bangalore
• Vanastree: in sirsi desire to make available the wide variety of semi-wild and
cultivated plant species of the region motivates this effort.
• Say Trees: helping Bangalore regain its ‘Garden City’ brand
• Environment Support Group (ESG) is an independent not-for-profit non-
governmental organization, Its main functions involve research, training,
campaign support, and advocacy on a variety of environmental and social justice
issues.
• ATREE in Bangalore Mission for achieving environmental conservation and
sustainable development, to enable the use of this knowledge by policy makers
and society, and to train the next generation of environmental leaders.

9. • Legislations and acts regulating the environmental hygiene:
• The ministry of environment & forest - formulated these acts
• Main work is to Protect the environment
• Its helps to Maintain nature and prevent hazards
• And also Control human activities from destroy of environment
• Acts Related to environmental hygiene:
• EPA (1986): Protect and improve environment quality, control and reduce
pollution from all sources
• Indian forest act 1927: Protection and conservation of forest
• The wild life protection act 1972: Provides for the protection of birds, animals
and plants and all resources in forest
• Indian fisheries act 1897: Maintain coastal or inland with intend to prevent
destroy of fish

10. • River board act 1956: Maintain cleanliness and prevention of river pollution
• Water (prevention and control of pollution) act 1974: Prevention and control
of Water pollution
• Air (prevention and control of pollution) act 1981: Prevention and control of
Air pollution
• The atomic energy act 1982: Control of radio active substances in
environment
• The motor vehicles act 1988: Control of motor vehicles related pollution in
environment
• Bio medical waste act 1988: Proper waste disposal from health care settings
• Noise pollution control act 2002: Prevention and control of noise due to all
sources
• National Green Tribunal Act 2010: environmental protection & conservation
of forests and other natural resources