About Envis

Realising the importance of environment information, an environmental information system (ENVIS) was established by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India in December 1982 to provide information to decision- makers, policy-planners, scientist research community, students, etc. all over the country. Funded by World Bank, ENVIS is a decentralised information system network consisting of a focal point in the Ministry coordinating the activities of a chain of 28 nodes in subject specific areas known as ENVIS Centres located in various prestigious institutions/ organisations all over the country. ENVIS is the Asia's subregional node of the UNEP's INFOTERRA environmental system. The purpose of the ENVIS Centre is to cater to the needs of the people, who do not have access to highly equipped libraries and network systems.

ENVIS Centre set up all over the country has been building up a vast collection of books, reports and journals in the particular subject area of specialisation pertaining to environment. Responding to user queries, development of data banks on some selected parameters relating to the subject area, initiation of action to fill these gaps and dissemination of information to the users is the most vital component in the whole system.

The FRLHT ENVIS aims to emerge as a one-stop access point for information and resources on sustainable utilisation of medicinal plants across the country and a platform for exchange of ideas.