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Environment (Countering the Challenges (Through Sustainable Development…
Environment
Countering the Challenges
Separate Ministry for Environment
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCP)
Establishing the National Green Tribunal (A court on Environmental concerns)
State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)
Countering the challenges:
by conservation of natural assests
Preservation of regenerative capacity of the world's natural and ecological system
Avoiding the imposition of added costs or risks on future generations
Through
Sustainable Development
Limiting the human population to the carrying capacity of the earth
Sustainable development can be helped by
Technological Development
Renewable resources should be extracted on the sustainability basis
rate of depletion of non-renewable resources should not exceed the rate of creation of renewable substitutes
inefficiencies arising from pollution should be corrected
Challenges to Environment in India
Land Degradation
Reasons
Vegetation Loss due to Deforestation
Unsustainable Fuel wood and Fodder extraction
Shifting Cultivation
Encroachment into Forest Land
Forest Fires
Overgrazing
Non-adaption of adequate soil conserving measures
Improper crop rotation
Indiscriminate use of Agro-Chemicals
Improper planning and management of Irrigation facilities
Extraction of Ground Water in excess of recharge capacity
Open access to resources
Poverty of the Agriculture dependent people
Bio-diversity loss
Air pollution
Vehicular Pollution
Air pollution from the Industries
From thermal plants
Management of Freshwater
Solid waste management
Functions of Environment
Supplies Resources
Assimilates Waste
Aesthetics
Providing Scenery for Recreation
Sustains Life
Provides Genetic Diversity
Provides Bio-diversity
Constituents of Environment
Biotic
: Living
Birds, Animals, Plants, Forests, Fishes
Abiotic
: Non-living
Air, Water, Land, Rocks