Uttarakhand
Gross Environment Product Index
- 20 Aug 2024
- 1 min read
Why in News?
Uttarakhand has become the first Indian state to launch a Gross Environment Product Index.
Key Points
- The Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organisation is the creator of the Gross Environment Product Index.
- There are four pillars of the Gross Environment Product Index: air, soil, tree and water.
- The formula is, GEP index = (Air-GEP index + Water-GEP index + Soil-GEP index + Forest-GEP index).
- Significance:
- It helps in assessing the impact of anthropological pressure on our ecosystem and natural resources.
- It provides a robust and integrated method for assessing a state's ecological growth, capturing various facets of environmental well-being as a result of human actions.
- Recommendation:
- Activities should be prohibited; regulated and promoted.
- Regulated activities should be allowed only as per carrying capacity and environmental impact assessment.
Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organisation
- It is a Non-governmental Organisations, formed in 1979.
- Its aims are:
- Resource based ecological and economical development of Himalayan community.
- Building and empowering community organisation for socio economical independence.
