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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