A. Environment, 1976-2007 (i)Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 1976-2002
NDJ Subject Files No.1
I. Subject Files, 1976-2016
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (i)Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 1976-2002
01 November 1976
Note on ‘Rehabilitation Programme in Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ presented by Chief Development-Cum-Rehabilitation Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Port Blair. The file also contains a note titled ‘Soil Conservation Programme in Great Nicobar’ and a position paper on ‘Environment of Andaman & Nicobar Islands’ submitted to the Committee on Subordinate Legislation of Rajya Sabha (21.09.1982).
Rehabilitation Commissioner; Port Blair; Soil Conservation; Rajya Sabha
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (i)Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 1976-2002
1976
The file contains minutes of the meetings, notes and letters. Minutes of the meetings: The reconstituted Flora Wing of the Indian Board for Wildlife held on 04.05.1976 at Mount Abu (Rajasthan) and Land Use Committee for release of land for Army, Navy & Air Force; letters to N.D. Jayal, Dept. of Agriculture & Ministry of Agriculture) from S.M. Krishnatry (Chief Commissioner, A & N Islands) and Anna Mani (Dy. DG of Observatories, Meteorological Office) regarding problem of unrestricted immigration and illegal encroachments, wildlife conservation and management and publishing a note of N.D. Jayal’s visit to A & N Islands in the journal of Bombay Natural History Society. Notes on: ‘Survey for protection of reserves in A & N Islands’; recommendations in report of Mc Vean, IUCN Consultant and action taken by the Andamans Forest Dept.; and tour note regarding resettlement of ex-servicemen families in the Great Nicobar Island. Also, includes handwritten notes and copy of a letter from Romulus Whitaker to Anne Wright (World Wildlife Fund).
Indian Board for Wildlife; Illegal encroachment; Andaman Forest Department; Romulus Whitaker
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (i)Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 1976-2002
1976
Reports and notes about Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Reports: ‘Impact of deforestation on general environment of Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ & ‘Report on Land Use in the Andaman & Nicobar’ by D.N. Mc Vean (IUCN Expert). Notes: ‘Tour note of Ranjitsinh, Deputy Secretary (Forest & Wildlife), GOI on visit to the Andaman Islands’; ‘Forestry and its Problems in Andaman & Nicobar Islands’; and ‘Problem of Encroachments on Forest and Revenue Lands in the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands’, etc.
Deforestation; Land use; Ranjitsinh; Forestry and its problems; Encroachment
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (i)Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 1976-2002
1980
Measures for safeguarding natural resources in Andaman Islands and evaluation survey for land utilization through joint efforts of India & IUCN. Includes related correspondence, project document on ‘Land Capability Survey in Andaman & Nicobar Islands (1981)’, notes of Ministry of Environment, Department of Science & Technology and Department of Environment, and IUCN newsletters Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (No. 13, October 1981 & No. 14, November 1981) and a press clipping about resettling of ex-Servicemen in the Great Nicobar Island. Also, includes a note titled ‘Andaman canopy lifting modified shelter wood system’ and select bibliography on the tropical rain-forests.
Natural resources; Land utilization; Land capability survey; IUCN Newsletters and ex- Servicemen
A. Environment, 1976-2007 (i)Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 1976-2002
Oct-82
Papers relating to multidisciplinary land evaluation survey of Andaman & Nicobar group of islands and N.D. Jayal’s tour to the islands. Includes related correspondence between N.D. Jayal and S. Sathis Chandran Nair, a letter from Chief Secy to N.D. Jayal on the ecological problems due to implementation of Operation Flood II. Also, includes a bulletin titled ‘Introduction to Silvipasture and forage cropping for high milk production system in the Andamans: Lab to Land’ (Central Agricultural Research Institute for Andaman & Nicobar Islands, No. CARI/82/7), map of Andamans (Survey of India), ‘Brief Report on Great Nicobar Island’, study titled ‘Ecological Factors Breaking Upon the Development of Lakshadweep’ (by S. Sathis Chandran Nair), handwritten notes on the Great Nicobar Island, a telegram from D.K. Lahiri Choudhury to N.D. Jayal regarding discussion about Neora Valley, a press clipping, etc.
Land evaluation survey; S Sathis Chandran Nair; Operation Flood II; Development of Lakshadweep; Neora Valley
