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It states that: (1) This Act may be called the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th day of October, 1980. Section 2 of the act is about the restriction on the State Government for dereservation of forests or use of forest land for non-forest purpose.
The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 Parliament of India Long title An Act to provide for the protection of Wild animals, birds and plants and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto. Citation Act No. 53 of 1972 Enacted by Parliament of India Enacted 9 September 1972 Status: In force The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted ...
Due to a paucity of suitable revenue lands in the vicinity of Kuno, the state government proposed relocating the villages on degraded protected forests, a move approved by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) of the Government of India, which granted its approval under Section 2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 for diversion of ...
An Act to recognise and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers who have been residing in such forests for generations but whose rights could not be recorded; to provide for a framework for recording the forest rights so vested and the nature of evidence required for such recognition and vesting in respect ...
The 2009 Indian national forest policy document emphasizes the need to combine India's effort at forest conservation with sustainable forest management. [33] India defines forest management as one where the economic needs of local communities are not ignored, rather forests are sustained while meeting nation's economic needs and local issues ...
Environment policies of the Government of India include legislations related to environment.. In the Directive Principles of State Policy, Article 48A says "the state shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country"; Article 51-A states that "it shall be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural ...
Jawai Bandh forest is situated in Pali district and it is in close proximity of Kumbalgarh Sanctuary.keshopur chamb gurdaspur (Punjab) conservation reserve India's first community reserve. [4] Recently, Gogabeel, an ox-bow lake in Bihar’s Katihar district, has been declared as the state’s first ‘Community Reserve’.
The state government after consultation with the local communities can declare any land adjacent to National Park or sanctuaries or linking two protected areas which is owned by the government as conservation reserve under the section 36A of The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.