Centre for Environment Protection — CEP (formerly the Endangered Species Protection Group) is a registered, an autonomous, non-profit making voluntary agency, and is founded by Mr. A.C. Zonunmawia in 1998. CEP works in the areas of sustainable development, environmental engineering, environmental impact assessment, environmental audit, environmental pollution control and monitoring, systems analysis, wildlife conservation, environmental communication, ecological education, environmental laws, environmental planning & management, solid waste management, biodiversity conservation, environmental education, etc. The motivation of C.E.P. has been mainly based on the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity. CEP can also work in collaboration with other agencies working for the protection of our environment.

What we are also going to do

To coordinate information exchange on international, regional, local and national climate policies and issues, both between and among C.E.P. workers and between C.E.P. unit at local level and other interested institutions.

To formulate policy options and position papers on climate-related issues. To undertake further collaborative actions to promote effective non-governmental organisation involvement in efforts to avert the threat of global warming. The focus for climate change will also be community/rural alternative energy planning, technologies, and microenterprises. Thus, C.E.P. activities in this regard shall also include —

1. Efficient and less polluting energy production through coal to gas conversions, energy-efficient building codes, the use of wind energy and water power technologies, solar energy for rural and domestic electrification, and organic biogas production plants. Energy conservation by promoting fuel-saving technologies such as energy-efficient and wood-waste heating, fuel-efficient cookstoves, compact flourescent lamps as well as the planting of fuelwood woodlots.

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2. Natural resource management through forest and pasture conservation, afforestation, agroforestry, urban forestry, desertification control, soil protection and land restoration.

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3. Community waste collection, management and recycling such as biolatrine dissemination and organic material recycling for soil fertilisation.

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4. Public awareness raising and climate change education for local communities, youth and women, and ambient air quality monitoring, etc.

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5. Training and capacity building on alternative energy technologies, soil and land rehabilitation techniques, fuel-efficient stoves, agroforestry, and solid waste management and recycling.

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Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is a legally binding agreement between governments committing them to take action to stop the worldwide loss of biological diversity, the variety and variability of living organisms and genetic resources, including the ecosystems of which they are a part. At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, 150 governments signed the treaty, and in December 1993 the convention became effective as international law. The convention takes a comprehensive rather than a sectoral approach to biodiversity conservation. It links biodiversity to food security, economic development, human survival and ethics. The convention's objectives are conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use of biodiversity's components, and fair and equitable distribution of benefits derived from genetic resources. Thus, programmatic focus and possible types of C.E.P. activities in relation to biological diversity area shall also include —

1. Community-based conservation through community participation, integrated development, benefit sharing, and alternative livelihoods based on ecotourism, beekeeping, sustainable agriculture, fish culture, agroforestry, wildlife cropping, tree nurseries and woodlots, improving traditional resource practices, forage enhancement, fire protection and fencing, non-timber forest products, and the resolution of people-wildlife conflicts.

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2. Restoration and management of forest, woodland ecosystems.

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3. Establishment of protected areas including wildlife sanctuaries and sacred groves.

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4. Plant surveys, collections, seed banking, and botanical parks and gardens.

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5. Biodiversity management and sustainable use plans for protected and informal conservation areas.

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6. Public awareness raising and biodiversity education especially for local communities, youth, indigenous people and women.

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7. Biodiversity training and capacity building including methods for biodiversity and social assessments and monitoring, ecosystem restoration, ethnobiology and traditional knowledge as well as legal and institutional assistance to organised community groups.

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The programmatic focus for waters shall also include —

1. Community-based and integrated management of rivers and catchment areas.
2. Conservation and rehabilitation of river ecosystems.

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3. Water pollution prevention and rehabilitation through (hydrobotanical) waste water treatment plants, etc.

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4. Sustainable use and production of fish products, community fisheries and aquaculture.

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5. Training and waters capacity building on integrated river, water quality indicators and monitoring and waste water treatment.

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Environmentally sustainable development

The 1992 United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (the "Earth Summit") in Rio de Janeiro put environmentally sustainable development (ESD) at the fore-front of global concerns. Today, six years beyond Rio, a great deal still needs to be done to make economic development sustainable. The loss of forests and other natural habitats has not slowed enough. In recognition of this continuing problems, the C.E.P. has commitment to environmental sustainability to reduce pollution, protect ecosystems, and build capacity for environmental management at local, national and international levels.

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