Conventions and Projects related to Biodiversity/Environmental/Wildlife Conservation: India has a history of environmental protection. Similar to the natural nature, the nature is the nature of the Indian forces. Combination of 'Surya Devo Bhava' to fix the balance of electricity. Indian change has become permanent. Banana, Peepal, Tulsi, Banyan, Mango member in culture require personal care. Pollution environment in the middle atmosphere has done the work of destroying the environment of the environment. Western influences in the person of India are included as India came into existence in the form of scattered chaos.
Environmental Policies and Laws in Independent India:
The Indian Constitution which was enacted in 1950 but was not directly related to the provisions of environmental protection. The Stockholm Conference of 1972 drew the attention of the Government of India towards environmental protection. The government amended the constitution in 1976 to add two important Articles 48A and 51A (G). Article 48A directs the state government to 'ensure the protection and improvement of the environment, and to protect the forests and wildlife of the country'. Article 51A (g) entitles citizens to a duty to 'protect and promote the natural environment and to be kind to all living beings'. After independence, due to increasing industrialization, urbanization and population growth, the quality of the environment continued to decline. In this lack of environmental quality, in the context of effective control and pollution, the government made many laws and rules from time to time. The main basis of most of these was pollution control and prevention.
Following are the environmental laws and regulations:
- Water pollution laws
- River Boards Act, 1956 (River Boards Act, 1956)
- The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
- Water Cess (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1977
- Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
- Air pollution laws
- Factories Act, 1948
- Inflammables Substa Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
- Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
- land pollution laws
- Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951
- Insecticides Act, 1968
- Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976
- Forest and Wildlife Laws
- Forest's Conservation Act, 1960
- Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
- Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
- Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1995
- Bio-diversity Act, 2002
Important environmental agreements/conventions:
| Project | Year/Location |
| Stockholm Agreement | 1972 |
| Helsinki Conference | 1974 |
| London Conference | 1975 |
| Bertland Report | 1987 |
| Basis Agreement | 1989 |
| Earth Summit (Rio de Janeiro Conference) | 1992 |
| Johannesburg Conference | 2002 |
| Vallagio Manifesto | 2002 |
| Stockholm Conference | 2004 |
| New Delhi Conference | 2008 |
| Rio Plus Twenty Conference | 2012 |
| Warsaw Conference, COP-19 | 2013 |
| Lima Conference COP-20 | 2014 |
Conference on biodiversity
| World heritage treaty | 1972 |
| Ramsar Pact | 1975 |
| Biodiversity Treaty | 1992 |
| Cartagena Protocol | 2000 |
| Nagoya Protocol | 2010 |
| Cop-11 | 2012 |
| Coop-12 | 2014 |
Wildlife Conservation Projects
| Hangul Project | 1970 |
| Musk Deer Project | 1972 |
| Tiger Project | 1973 |
| Gir Singh Project | 1973 |
| Alligator Breeding Project | 1975 |
| Rhinoceros Project | 1987 |
| Elephant Project | 1992 |
| Red Panda Project | 1996 |
| Vulture Conservation Project | 2006 |
| Turtle Conservation Project | 2008 |
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