Environmental Law and Wildlife Protection

Tarun Bharat Sangh v. Union of India, AIR 1992 SC 514 is a case related to Sariska Tiger Park.

The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted for protection of plants and animal species.

The legislative section is divided into three lists: Union List, State List and Concurrent List. The Concurrent List or List-III (Seventh Schedule) is a list of 52 items given in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. Forests were added through the 42^nd Amendment Act of 1976. It was transferred from State to Concurrent List.

National Board for Wildlife is a “Statutory Organisation” constituted under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

Option 4 is correct.

The state Government shall, within a period of six months from the date of commencement of the Wildlife (Protection) Amendmnet Act, 2002, constitute a state board for wildlife consisting of chief minister of the state and in case of a union territory, either the chief minister or administrator of the case may be the chairperson.

Section 30 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 states that no person shall set fire to a sanctuary, or kindle any fire, or leave any fire burning in a sanctuary, in such manner as to endanger such a sanctuary, and section 31 of the act also states that "No person shall enter a sanctuary with any weapon except with the previous permission in writing of the Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised officer".

Any person aggrieved, by an order or decision of the State Government or other authority made under Section 2, may file an appeal to the National Green Tribunal established under Section 3 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

Protection of environment and safeguarding forests and wildlife is both one of the Directive Principles of State Policy and one of the Fundamental Duties given under the Indian Constitution.

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3^rd to 14^th June, 1992.

Section 24 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 states that where it is proved to any magistrate on a complaint made by a police officer that the training or exhibition of any performing animals has been accompanied by unnecessary pain or suffering and should be prohibited or allowed only subject to conditions, the court may make an order against the person in respect of whom the complaint is made, prohibiting the training or exhibition or imposing such conditions in relation thereto, as may be specified by the order. 

Environmental Rights are Third Generation Human Rights. 

Generally, remediation means providing a remedy, so environmental remediation deals with the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media, such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water for the general protection of human health and the environment or from a brownfield site intended for redevelopment. 

The Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal is appointed by the Central Government in consultation with Chief Justice of India as provided under Section 6 of the act.

CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments.