Legal Aspect for Natural Resource Management

1. Legal Aspect for Natural
Resource Management
Prepared By:
Md. Mahamudur Rahman Khan Papon
B. Arch/ M S Environment
Mob. No: 01912467242.

2. Natural Resource Types
Basis of Origin:
1. Biotic
2. Abiotic.
basis of Renewability:
1. Renewable Resources
2. Non-renewable Resources.
basis of Ownership:
1. Individual Resources 2. Community Resources
3. National Resources 4. International resources
Stage of Development:
1. Potential resources 2. Actual resources
3. Reserve resources 4. Stock resources.

3. Legal Aspect for Natural Resource Management
International
The Ramsar Convention
Conservation and sustainable
utilization of wetlands - 1971 The Rio Declaration
• Environment and Development
• At 1992 United Nations Conference
• Informally known as the Earth Summit
Montreal Protocol
Ozone layer protection - 1987

4. Legal aspect for natural resource management
National
• The Bangladesh Wild Life (Preservation) Order, 1973
• Bangladesh Environmental Conservation Act, 1995
• The Environmental Court Act, 2000
• The Environmental Conservation Rules, 1997
• The Building Construction Act, 1952
• The Brick Burning Act, 1989
• The Environmental Pollution Control Ordinance, 1977
• The Water Pollution Control Ordinance, 1970
• The Private Forest Ordinance, 1959
• The Forest Development Cooperation Ordinance, 1959
• The Attia Forest (Protection) Ordinance, 1982
• The Pesticide Ordinance, 1971
• The Agricultural Past Ordinance, 1962
• The Cultivable Waste Land Utilization Ordinance, 1959
• The Ground Water Management Ordinance, 1985
• The Embankment and Drainage Act, 1952
• The Protection and Conservation of Fish Act, 1950

5. Common practice area of Legal aspect for
natural resource management in Bangladesh
Land management
1. Take land use clearance
2. Don’t change the land occupancy types
Management of Water Resources (Ref. BNBC 2006)
1. Special Projects is minimum 250meter from boundary line of river.

6. Common practice area of Legal aspect for
natural resource management in Bangladesh
Management of Water Resources (Ref. BNBC 2006)
• Rain water Harvesting - open type
1. Minimum 3 meter setback from boundary line.
2. Sloop 45 degree maximum

7. Common practice area of Legal aspect for
natural resource management in Bangladesh
Hillside development (Ref. BNBC 2006)
• Special Area for hills is 50 meter from contour
• Industrial development is prohibited
• Activities which is interrupted the natural flow of water

8. Problems of use Natural Resource & Management
• Lack of proper knowledge to using resources.
• The lack of definite guideline to use the
natural resources.
• Lack of adequate policy and law.
• Lack of institutional framework.
• Violation of law, which are existing.
• Weakness of the enforcement of law.

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