User:Marcus334/Lists of Environmental Organizations and Resource Persons in Tamil Nadu
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There are at least 85 widely diversified environmental organizations involved with environmental conservation and environmental education in Tamil Nadu state, India. These organizations are notable for the diversity of their members and their intended impact groups, ranging from urban to rural, local to national, elementary students to government policy makers and rich to poor. The combined intent of these organizations' efforts is increased awareness of and participation in environmentalism by a broad spectrum of the state's population.
These organizations are included in 5 comprehensive lists of Environmental Organizations and Resource Persons in Tamil Nadu, divided by organization type and including their key personnel, their specialization's and locations in the state. It is inspired by the more detailed 2008 WWF publication[1] It includes many additions {*} and is meant to be updated easily and often.
In addition to these lists the Ministry of Environment and Forests Database of Environmental Experts in India: 2007 has 64 experts in Tamil Nadu.[2]
These lists are intended to increase public knowledge of the professional environmental community in Tamil Nadu. They are meant to be useful to policy makers, National Green Corps coordinators, teachers, NGOs, researchers and students seeking wider collaboration with knowledgeable environmentalists in Tamil Nadu.[1]