Question 3.
Write short notes.
Environmental Conservation.
Answer:
There is interrelationship between human and environment. Human utilized all the natural resources as much as possible. To live a satisfactory life, human kept on exploiting the nature as much as possible and this lead to increase in problems. There should be large scale participation of the people in environment conservation; environmental protection-conservation becomes an effective Public movement. Laws enacted about environmental conservation:
Forest Conservation Act, 1980. The land reserved for forest conservation has been prohibited to use for any other purpose by this law. Ex. Permission of central government is compulsory for mining activities. Any person who disobeys this law is entitled to imprisonment for 15 days.
Environmental Conservation Act, 1986.
Purpose of this act is to control the pollution and punish the persons or institutes harming the environment. Any person or factory is prohibited by this act from releasing the pollutants in
atmosphere beyond a permissible limit. The person breaching this rule is entitled for either five-year imprisonment or fine up to Rs.1 lakh. National Green Tribunal has been established in 2010 for effective implementation of environment related laws.
