Evs File
Evs File
Evs File
Submit By – Tamanna
Registration No- 11805989
Section- Law1804
Topic – Wildlife Protection Act
Subject- Environment Law-451
Submit To – Ms. Renuka Ma'am
Submission Date-25/03/21
Under Article 51 (G) of Indian Constitution
• The Plan recognizes the need to reduce human-wildlife conflict and emphasizes
the establishment of effective compensation mechanisms. It includes the restoration
of degraded habitats outside protected areas as a key objective.
THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT (1986)
• It is an important legislation that provides for coordination of activities
of the various regulatory agencies, creation of authorities with adequate
powers for environmental protection, regulation of the discharge of
environmental pollutants, handling of hazardous substances, etc.
• The Act provided an opportunity to extend legal protection to non-
forest habitats (‘Ecologically Sensitive Areas’) such as grasslands,
wetlands and coastal zones.
THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT (2002)
• India is a party to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.
• The provisions of the Biological Diversity Act are in addition to and not in
derogation of the provisions in any other law relating to forests or wildlife.
The Indian Forest Act 1927
THE INDIAN FOREST ACT (1927)
• The main objective of the Indian Forest Act (1927) is to secure exclusive state control
over forests to meet the demand for timber. Most of these untitled lands had
traditionally belonged to the forest dwelling communities. The Act defined state
ownership, regulated its use and appropriated the power to substitute or extinguish
customary rights.
The Act facilitates three categories of forests, namely :
› Reserved forests
› Village forests
› Protected forests Reserved forests are the most protected within these categories. No
rights can be acquired in reserved forests except by succession or under a grant or
contract with the government. Felling trees, grazing cattle, removing forest products,
quarrying, fishing, and hunting are punishable with a fine or imprisonment.
National Environmental Policy (NEP) 2006
✓ India’s National Environmental Policy (NEP) was adopted in 2006 and was built upon on
the existing policies like
the issue to be examined is whether these mines are sanctioned and allowed to
operate in violation of provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
(for find no reason from Wildlife Management approach to recommend any ban
on the mining activities in question duly sanctioned by the concerned
authorities."
THE INDIAN FOREST ACT (1927)
• The main objective of the Indian Forest Act (1927) is to secure exclusive state
control over forests to meet the demand for timber. Most of these untitled
lands had traditionally belonged to the forest dwelling communities. The Act
defined state ownership, regulated its use and appropriated the power to
substitute or extinguish customary rights. The Act facilitates three categories of
forests, namely :
› Reserved forests
› Village forests
› Protected forests
• Reserved forests are the most protected within these categories. No rights can
be acquired in reserved forests except by succession or under a grant or
contract with the government. Felling trees, grazing cattle, removing forest
products, quarrying, fishing, and hunting are punishable with a fine or
imprisonment.
6. THE FOREST CONSERVATION ACT
(1980)
› Project Tiger
› Project Elephant
• Initiated in 1992 which aims at conserving elephants and their habitat and of migratory
routes by developing scientific and planned management measures.
• Under the project welfare of the domestic elephants is also considered, issues like mitigation
of human- elephant conflict are also taken care of.
• The project’s endeavor is to strengthen the measures for protection of elephants against
poachers and unnatural death.
• It is an effort of pact made by the Bodoland Territorial Council, WWF (World Wildlife
Fund), IRF (International Rhino Fund) and the US Fish and Wildlife Services.
• It’s main objective is to conserve at least 3000 greater one-horned rhinos in Assam, India by
2020.
CROCODILE CONSERVATION PROJECT
➢ This project was started to conserve the crocodiles,
whose species were on the verge of extinction once.
• to improve management;
• With an objective to conserve the Olive Ridley Turtles, the Sea Turtle Project
was initiated by Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun as the Implementing
Agency in November 1999.
• The project is for 10 coastal state in India especially Odisha where it has
contributed towards the preparation of a map of breeding sites of Sea Turtles;
identification of breeding places and habitats along the coast line, and
migratory routes taken by Sea Turtles.
• The project also helped in the development of guidelines to safeguard the turtle
mortality rate and for tourism in sea turtle areas.