EVS PROJECT
PRESENTATION
Topic: Laws related to Environment
WHAT ARE
It seeks to safeguard both human
ENVIRONMENTAL health and ecosystems by
LAWS? addressing key problems such as:
According to Black's Law Resource Conservation
Dictionary, an
environmental law is
defined as: Climate Change
“A collective body of rules
and regulations, orders and
statutes, constraints and Biodiversity Preservation
allowances that are all
concerned with the
maintenance and Pollution
protection of the natural
environment of a country.”
IMPORTANCE OF They ensure that
individuals, governments
ENVIRONMENTAL and cooperates don’t
LAWS cause harm to the
environment or its
Environmental law and ecosystems.
legislation are central
in protecting us
It includes important
humans and the
factors that may affect
different plants and
life like reducing air
animals in the
pollution and
ecosystem that we all
maintaining air quality,
exist in. chemical safety, water
quality, waste
management, etc.
LAWS IN
Citizen Duty: The Indian
INDIA
1 Constitution says it is a
fundamental duty of every citizen
to protect the environment.
Main Law (1986): The Environment
Protection Act is the big, main rulebook. It
gives the government the power to set
Clean Air & Water: We have
standards and protect our air, water, and
land.
2 separate laws to clean the air (Air
Act, 1981) and water (Water Act,
1974), with pollution control boards
Special Green Court (2010): India has a
to monitor them.
special fast-track court called the
National Green Tribunal (NGT).
Its only job is to solve environmental Focus Now: Recent focus is on
cases quickly.
3 managing electronic waste (e-
waste) and protecting forests and
wildlife
LAWS IN
OTHER
1. United States: COUNTRIES
1970: Clean Air Act- Stops factories and cars
from making the air dirty. 3. European Union (a group of
European countries):
1972: Clean Water Act- Makes it illegal to put
1992: Habitats Directive- Protects
dangerous chemicals into rivers, lakes, and
wild animals and their homes by
oceans
creating safe areas for them.
2005: EU ETS (Emissions Trading
2. United Kingdom: System)- Puts a limit on total
1990: Environmental Protection Act- Controls pollution and lets companies trade
how trash and pollution are managed. pollution permits.
2008: Climate Change Act- A promise by law
4. Canada:
to greatly reduce the country's pollution that
1999: CEPA (Environmental
heats the planet.
Protection Act)- The main law to
control poisonous chemicals and
pollution
ACHIEVEMENTS BY Recycling
IMPLEMENTING and
Green Tribunal Action: NGT
renewable
passed 30,000+ cases
LAWS energy use protecting rivers and forests.
Pollution Control: have grown (NGT Annual Report, 2023)
Air & Water Acts helped reduce worldwide.
industrial emissions in major cities
like Delhi and Mumbai. (CPCB,
2023) Many cities have
adopted eco-
Wildlife Protection: friendly transport Renewable Energy Push:
Tiger count rose from 1,411 (2006) to like electric
India's clean energy capacity
3,167 (2022) due to the Wildlife buses and CNG
grew to 175 GW by 2023.
Protection Act. (NTCA Report, 2022) vehicles to
reduce
(MNRE Report, 2023)
emissions.
CONCLUSION
All in all, environmental laws have an important role in
protecting our planet and its wildlife along with the people that
reside in it.
From pollution control to biodiversity protection, these
challenges are still to be faced in the upcoming future for a long
time.
It is our responsibility as a citizen of the planet to spread
awareness to industries and companies so that they adopt
eco-friendly options to prevent further harm on Earth.
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