AH-556 Environmental Laws, Public Participation and Institutional Development
Credits : 4
Contact Hours : Lecture : 3 Tutorial : 1 Practical : 0
Genesis of environmental acts and main national laws, water (prevention and control of pollution) act rules, constitution of central and state boards; Environment (protection) act rules, prevention, control and abatement of environmental pollution, hazardous wastes management and handling rules, pollution abatement policy, municipal and solid waste (management and handling rules), biomedical waste rules and chemical accidents rules; National environmental policy, water policy, EIA guidelines of MoEF and successive amendments, biodiversity act, latest laws and amendments, industrial and MSW rules, health, safety and environment management system, water resources management through community participation; Notification of MoEF for construction projects, National environmental tribunal act and appellate authority; Environment audit, international protocol, treaties and conventions, Latest International global environmental concepts like global warming and its impact on water resources, Stock-holm and Basal convention, Copenhagen conference, Rio-Earth summit, maintenance of biodiversity, awareness; Modes of awareness generation, information, education, communication, costing of awareness generation, Sustainability and impact assessment, role of civil society in awareness generation, stages and forms of public participation, forms of public participation; Concept and Role of institutions; Evaluation of Existing institutions; Design of institutions; Case studies; Laws related to the institutions;
