legislations on environment

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Environment Legislation are written

Environmental lawswhich has been known

officially and publicly by a legislature or

other governing body.


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Environment

Protection

1. Environment Protection Act,

1986

2. The Water (Prevention and

Control of Pollution) Act,1974

3. Air (Prevention and Control of

Pollution) Act 1981

Forests 1. The Indian Forest Act, 1927

2. Forest (Conservation) Act,

1980

Biodiversity 1. Biological Diversity Act, 2002


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Wildlife 1. Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

Public Liability

Insurance

1. Public Liability Insurance Act,

1991

Tribunals /

Authorities

1. The National Environment

Tribunal Act, 1995

2. National Environment

Appellate Authority Act, 1997

Animal Welfare 1. The Prevention of Cruelty to

Animals Act, 1960


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Environment Protection Act, 1986

Maintaining the environment and allows

plants to continue growing

It allows us to live free of any pollutants orhazards that we might introduce into ourenvironment

Maintaining the environment and allowsfuture generations of humans to grow andlive without any problems.


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The Water Act, 1974

Prevention of pollution of water and help to

preserve water for future generation

Control of Pollution of water

It establish standards for water quality bypreventing disposal of waste into water.


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Air Act 1981

To stop the several effects of the air

pollution on the environment

i.e. to control or prevent

Acid rains

Ozone layer depletion

SMOG

Global Warming


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The Indian Forest Act, 1927

Classification of forests into reserved,

protected and village forests

Restricts and regulates activities in various

forests classes.

Regulation of manufacture of articles based

on forest produce


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Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980

It extends to the whole of India except the Stateof Jammu and Kashmir.

It states that any reserved forest should bereserved

It states that any forest land should only begiven on lease

And can only be used for the cultivation of tea,coffee, spices, rubber, palms, oil-bearing plants,horticultural crops or medicinal plants


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Biological Diversity Act, 2002

Biodiversityis the degree of variation of lifeforms within a given species, ecosystem, biome,

or planet.

This Act Provides for conservation of biologicaldiversity and sustainable use of its components.

Mandates fair and equitable sharing of benefitsarising out of the use of biological resources andknowledge.


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Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

An Act to provide for the protection of wild

animals, birds and plants and with a view to

ensuring the ecological and environmentalsecurity of the country.


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Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991

An Act to provide for public liability-

insurance for the purpose of providing

immediate relief to the persons affected byaccident occurring while handling any

hazardous substance.


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The National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995

An Act to provide for strict liability fordamages arising out of any accidentoccurring while handling any hazardous

substance

National Environment Appellate Authority Act,1997

It is to hear appeals with respect torestriction of areas in which any industries,operations or processes or class of industries,operations or processes that to carried or not


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The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960

It is to prevent treating animals cruelly

No Experiments on animals

It talks about duties of persons having chargeof animals


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India is a Soft State

It has excellent environmental laws, but

politics and corruption prevent theireffective implementation.


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