Institutional Framework for Protection of Biodiversity in India

Acts for Protection of Biodiversity in India

Fisheries Act, 1897

  • Section 3: Provides for the power to make rules for the regulation of fishing.
  • Section 4: Empowers the government to declare closed seasons and protected areas for fisheries.
  • Section 5: Prohibits certain destructive fishing methods.

Indian Forests Act, 1927

  • Section 2: Defines reserved forests, protected forests, and village forests.
  • Section 26A: Empowers the government to constitute a Forest Development Tax Fund for financing afforestation and reforestation.
  • Section 39: Grants forest officers powers of entry, search, seizure, and arrest.

Mining and Mineral Development Regulation Act, 1957

  • Section 4: Grants the central government the ....
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