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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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