The Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests is a cabinet ministry in the Government of India, and is responsible for the planning, promotion, co-ordination and overseeing the implementation of environmental and forestry programmes in the country. The Government of India (Hindi: Bharat Sarkar), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of India. ... An environment is a complex of external factors that acts on a system and determines its course and form of existence. ... A decidous beech forest in Slovenia. ...

The main activities undertaken by the ministry include conservation and survey of the flora of India, the fauna of India, forests, and other wilderness areas; prevention and control of pollution; afforestation and the regeneration of degraded areas and protection of the environment within the framework of Indian legislations. It is responsible for the administration of the National Parks of India. . ... Glimpses of biodiversity India is one of the high biodiversity regions of the world with three biodiversity hotspots - the Western Ghats, the Eastern Himalayas and the Indo-Burma regions. ... Pollution control is a term used in environmental management. ... Afforestation is the process of converting open land into a forest by planting trees or their seeds. ... Indias first National Park (IUCN Category II Protected area) was Hailey National Park, now Jim Corbett National Park, established in 1935. ...

External Links

• Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests

Legislation from Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests

• “Legislations on Environment, Forests, and Wildlife” from the Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests

• “India’s Forest Conservation Legislaton: Acts, Rules, Guidelines”, from the Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests
• Wildlife Legislations, including - “The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act” from the Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests