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India to host meeting on ozone layer protection |
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The combined 7th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the
Vienna Convention for Protection of the Ozone Layer and the
17th Meeting of Parties (MOP) to the Montreal Protocol on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was held recently in
Dakar, Senegal. Mr. Namo Narain Meena, the Minister of State
for Environment and Forests, led the Indian delegation at the
high-level segment of this meeting. Some of the important
decisions taken at this meeting include replenishment of the
Multilateral Fund for the year 2006-08, membership of the
executive committee for the year 2006 and venue of the 18th
MOP. MOP approved a budget of US$470 million for the period
2006-08. It also endorsed the selection of India as a member
of the executive committee for the year 2006, along with
China, Sri Lanka and the Philippines as co-opted members.
India’s proposal to host the 18th MOP to the Montreal Protocol
in India in 2006 was also agreed to.
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Workshop on depleting ozone |
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A two-day workshop on “Substances Depleting the Ozone Layer
for Environment Agencies” was organized by the State Council
for Science, Technology and Environment and Ozone Cell of the
Union Ministry of Environment and Forests during November
2005. According to Dr. Shrikant Baldi, Chairman-cum-Secretary,
Science and Technology, the need for maintaining proper
balance between development and environment protection is
imperative as environment pollution was an issue of global
concern. “There is an urgent need for conducting research to
develop alternative technology that is environment-friendly
and economical,” he said. Dr. Baldi expressed that training
programmes were being organized to create awareness about
implementation of the Montreal Protocol. He urged
industrialists to tap funding and technology transfer support
from the Multilateral Fund for switching over to non-ODS
technologies.
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TexCom, GTZ offer training on CTC alternatives |
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The German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), along with Tirupur-based
Textiles Committee, organized a training programme in Chennai
during December 2005 in an effort to identify
environment-friendly alternatives to substitute carbon
tetrachloride (CTC) usage in the textile industry.
Applications of CTC include removing stains from garments,
cleaning or degreasing of steel, metal parts and machinery,
and manufacture of chlorinated rubber, pesticides and
pharmaceuticals. In India, the textile industry alone requires
over 1,500 t/y of CTC for removing stains from garments. In
addition, CTC is used substantially in servicing garment
making machinery.
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