SOME IMPORTANT TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE

1.      ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT [1986]

2.      AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION)ACT [1981]

3.      WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT [1974]

4.      BHOPAL GAS DISASTER – 2^nd DECEMBER 1984

5.      OZONE DAY - 16 SEPTEMBER

6.      MONTREAL PROTOCOL – Signed AT MONTREAL (Canada) IN 1987 [EFFECTIVE IN 1989]

7.      KYOTO PROTOCOL [11^th  DECEMBER 1997] - FOR REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES

8.      DOHA AMENDMENT – 8^th DECEMBER 2012- FOR REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES

9.      UNCED - EARTH SUMMIT HELD AT RIO DE JANERIO,BRAZIL [1992]

10.  COP-8 [Conference Of Parties] – NEW DELHI, 2002

11.  COP-3 – KYOTO,JAPAN, 1997

12.  COP-21 – PARIS,DECEMBER, 2015

13.  COP-22- MARRAKESH (Morocco) 2016

14.  WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – SOUTH AFRICA,2002

15.  NATIONAL FOREST POLICY – 1988

16.  VAN MAHOTOSAVA – 1950

17.  CHIPKO MOVEMENT – MARCH,1974

18.  JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT - 1980