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  2. Forest Conservation Act, 1980 - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Compensatory Afforestation - Wikipedia

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    The Act 1980 regarding the forest expects that afforestation is done while compensating the forest land that has been taken for uses of non-forest activities. [18] In the year 2007, the environment ministry overseeing Forest and Climate Change. They gave out rules that specifically laid out the measures for identification together with the ...

  4. Environmental policy of India - Wikipedia

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    1980. Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (with Amendments Made in 1988) environment protection act 1986 (23 May 1986) I it is a legislation which signifies the central governments determination to take effective steps to protect the environment. stating that: No State Government or other authority shall make any order directing-

  5. Environmental law - Wikipedia

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    The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980; Wildlife protection Act, 1972; The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 and the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. The acts covered under Indian Wild Life Protection Act 1972 do not fall within the jurisdiction of the National Green Tribunal. [103] Appeals can be filed in the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. [104]

  6. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change - Wikipedia

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    Such political and constitutional changes prepared the groundwork for the creation of a federal Department of Environment in 1980, turned into the Ministry of Environment and Forests in 1985. [4] Although tackling climate change was already a responsibility of the ministry, its priority was raised when in May 2014 the ministry was renamed to ...

  7. Category:Acts of the Parliament of India 1980 - Wikipedia

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    Forest Conservation Act, 1980; N. National Security Act (India) This page was last edited on 21 August 2015, at 22:42 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...

  8. List of environmental laws by country - Wikipedia

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    Fishery Conservation Areas Act (SFS 1981:533) Forest Act 2004; Heritage Conservation Act (Sweden) (1988:950) Heritage Conservation Ordinance (1988:1188) Ordinance concerning Environmentally Hazardous Activities and the Protection of Public Health (1998:899) Ordinance on Environmental Quality Standards on Ambient Air (2001:527)

  9. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers ...

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    New 2022 Forest Conservation Amendment. In the new 2022 Forest Conservation Rules, [23] the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) introduced an amendment to the Forest Conservation Act of 1980 [24] which violates the Forest Rights Act of 2006. This amendment transferred the rights of forests from tribal communities to ...