FOREST AND WILDLIFE

ACTS APPLICABLE TO
FORESTS OF INDIA
FOREST POLICIES
• 1. National Forest Policy 1894.

• 2. National Forest Policy 1952.

• 3. National Forest Policy 1988.

Article 48 (A) of Constitution
(Directive principles of State Policy)

Protection and improvement of

environment and safeguarding of
forest & Wildlife.
“The State shall endeavaour to protect
and improve the environment and to
safeguard the forests and wildlife of
the country”.
Article 51 (A) (g)
Fundamental Duties
For protection of Forests & Wildlife

“It shall be the duty of every citizen of

India – To protect and improve the
natural environment including
forests, lakes, rivers, and wildlife, and
to have compassion for living
creatures”.
(42nd Amendment to the Constitution)
FOREST AND WILDLIFEACTS:
1. The Indian Forest Act, 1865 (Rev in 1878).

2. The Cattle Trespass Act, 1871.

3. The Indian Forest Act, 1927

4. The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960

5. The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

6. The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

7. The Environment (Protection ) Act, 1986.

8. The Biological Diversity Act, 2002.

9. The Scheduled Tribes and other Forest

Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act,
2006 (FRA).

10. The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

INTERNATIONAL TREATIES & CONVENTIONS
• 1. Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species (CITES), 1973, signed in
1976.
• 2. International Union for Conservation of
Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
• 3. The Antarctic Treaty (Washington), 1959-
signed by India in Jul 1983.
• 4. Montreal Protocol - Vienna Convention on
Protection of Ozone Layer, 1993, adopted in
Sep 1996.
• 5. Basel Convention on Trans-boundary
movement of Hazardous Waste, 1989.
• 6. UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCC), 1992.
Paris Agreement 2015, National Environment
Policy (NEP) & National Action Plan on CC
(NAPCC).
• 7. Convention on Biological Diversity,
1992-1993. Nagoya Protocol 2010
• 8. Agenda 21- an out come of Earth
Summit 1992 at Rio-de-Janerio
• 9. UN Convention on Desertification,
1994.

• 10. Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety,

2K.

• 11. Prior Informed Consent, Rotterdam

Convention

• 12. Kyoto Protocol

• 13. Ramsar Convention

 Millennium
Development
Goals
• Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
• Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
• Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
• Goal 5: Improve maternal health
• Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

• Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

• Goal 8: Development a global partnership for development
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
GOALS
(SDG)
Goal 6: Ensure availability and
sustainable management of
water and sanitation for all

By 2020, protect and restore water-

related ecosystems, including mountains,
forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and
lakes.
Goal 13: Climate Action
Take urgent action to combat climate change
and its impacts
Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to
climate-related hazards and natural disasters in
all countries
Integrate climate change measures into national
policies, strategies and planning
Improve education, awareness-raising and
human and institutional capacity on climate
change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction
and early warning
Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-
country parties to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) to a goal
of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 to
address the needs of developing countries and fully
operationalize the Green Climate Fund as soon as
possible
Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective
climate change-related planning and management in
least developed countries and small island developing
States, including focusing on women, youth and local
and marginalized communities
Goal 14: Life Below Water

Conserve and sustainably use

the
oceans, seas and marine
resources for sustainable
development.
Goal 15: Life On Land

Protect, restore and promote

sustainable use of terrestrial
ecosystems, sustainably
manage forests, combat
desertification, and halt and
reverse land degradation and
halt biodiversity loss.
STATE ACTS : Example of AP & TS
1. The A.P. Forest Act, 1967

2. The A.P. Minor Forest Produce

(Regulation of Trade) Act, 1971

3. The A.P. Forest Produce (Fixation of

Selling Price) Act, 1986

4. The A.P. Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002

RULES:
1. The Andhra Pradesh Sandal Wood Possession Rules, 1969.

2. The Andhra Pradesh Sandal Wood and Red-Sanders Wood

Transit Rules, 1969.

3. The Andhra Pradesh Forest Offences (Compounding and

Prosecution) Rules, 1969.

4. The Andhra Pradesh Forest Settlement Rules, 1969.

5. The Andhra Pradesh Saw Mills (Regulation) Rules, 1969.

6. The Andhra Pradesh Teak Wood Possession Rules, 1970.

7. The Andhra Pradesh Protected Forest Rules, 1970.

Contd……
8. The Andhra Pradesh Forest Produce Transit Rules, 1970.

9. The Andhra Pradesh Forest Department Reward Rules, 1970.

10. The Andhra Pradesh Driftwood Rules, 1975.

11. The Andhra Pradesh Forest Contract (Disposal of Forest

Produce) Rules, 1977.

12. The Andhra Pradesh Preservation of Private Forest Rules,

1977.

13. The Andhra Pradesh Red Sanders Wood Possession Rules,

1989.

14. The Andhra Pradesh Forest Produce (Storage and Depot)

Rules, 1989.

Contd……
15. The Andhra Pradesh (Protection of trees and timber in
public premises) Rules, 1989.

16. The Andhra Pradesh Charcoal (Production and

Transport) Rules, 1992.

17. The Andhra Pradesh Minor Forest Produce (Regulation

of Trade in Abnus Leaves) Rules, 1989.

18. The Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Areas Minor Forest

Produce (Regulation of Trade) Rules, 1990.

19. The Andhra Pradesh Forest Produce (Fixation of Selling

Prices) Rules, 1991.

Contd……
20. The Forest (Conservation) Rules, 1981.

21. The Wildlife (Transactions and Taxidermy) Rules, 1973.

22. The Wildlife (Stock Declaration) Rules, 1973.

23. The Wildlife (Protection) (A.P.) Rules 1974.

24. The Wildlife (Protection) Licensing (Additional Matters

for Consideration) Rules, 1983.

25. Recognition of Zoo Rules 1992.

26. The Wildlife ((Protection) Rules, 1995.

Contd……
27. The Wildlife (Specified Plants – Conditions for
possession by Licensee) Rules, 1995.

28. The Declaration of Wildlife Stock Rules, 2003.

29. The National Board for Wildlife Rules, 2003.