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Laws, Policies, and Literature
The Indian environmental and administrative legal system can become far too complex to grasp without a focal point. We believe that a landscape approach to conservation, now broadly applied throughout the world (with the creation of protected areas) can also be applied to Indian Environmental Law. Hence, we chose the landscape of lake Kareri ecosystem, and identified laws (and policies) meant to protect the lake ecosystem:
Forest Laws of Himachal Pradesh, and related guidelines (also refer to an order laying out the nature of permits required for felling different kinds of forests and groves)
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning Act, 1977 (amended up till 2018)
Himachal Pradesh Land Preservation Act, 1978
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1994
Himachal Pradesh Participatory Forest Management Rules, 2000, Handbook, and National Afforestation Program Guidelines
Sanjhi Van Yojna, 2001
Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and related documents
Right to Information Act, 2005
Himachal Pradesh Forest Policy, 2005 and related documents
Forest Rights Act, 2006 in Himachal Pradesh and relevant procedure
Guidelines for National Lake Conservation Plan, 2008
Shimla Declaration, 2009, and related documents
National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, and legislation in Schedule I to the act
Himachal Pradesh Disaster Policy, 2011, and Kangra Disaster Management Plan, 2012
Himachal Pradesh Ecotourism Policy, 2017
Forest Conservation Act Guidelines, 2019
Earthquake Hazard Profile of Himachal Pradesh
Landslide Hazard Risk Assessment for Himachal Pradesh
Our analysis of how these laws apply to the Kareri ecosystem is coming soon.