KERALA ENVIRONMENT CONGRESS

A healthy environment is the most critical component essential for the well being of a society and the foundation for a sustainable and strong economy. A spirit of partnership among the stakeholders in the environmental spectrum should be fostered so as to ensure the sustainable use of natural resources. It is in this context that the relevance of Kerala Environment Congress (KEC), initiated by the Centre for Environment and Development (CED) in 2005, with the main objective of providing an annual platform for interaction between various experts, scientists, institutions and groups and discussing the major environmental issues the State of Kerala is facing, comes into focus.

The first, second and third Kerala Environment Congresses were conducted at Kochi, Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram with the focal themes Coastal and Marine Environment, Forest Resources of Kerala and Wetland Resources of Kerala respectively. Many national and international level experts participated in the Congress.