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- 2. Environmental MovementAs a Concept Role of Environmentalists to Overcome Issues of Environment Areas Covered by Environmental Movement History of Environmental Movement Early Awareness & Conservation Movement (Principles) History of Conservation Movement History of Environmental Movement in the US Debates within the movement Environmentalism and Politics
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- 5. Amending Public Policies Environment Resources Wardenof the Environment Fetching Change in Individual’s Behaviour Environmentalists ponder on Contineuable Organization
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- 9. Development of Factories Immensedispersal of Coal Smoke in the Air Contamination of Chemicals in rivers and Canal gave rise to Water pollution Laid the foundation of Environmental Movement Industrial Revolution
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- 11. Conservative Movementhas three principles Guarantee empirical scientific formulas Applied Duty was carried out A soul societal duty Maintain the environment Prospect generations Damage in the environment Result Human activities
- 12. History Department AuthorCountry Conservation Movement Patent in Forests India Numerous medico- topographical reports on deforestation and Wrought Forest Department Sir James Renal Martin India First case of Forest management Adapted principles of conservation Madras Board of Revenue in 1842. Alexander Gibson (Botany) India
- 13. History Department AuthorCountry The first permanent forest conservation program of the world Forest Department Governor General Lord Dalhousie in 1855 India, World, USA Department banned shifting cultivation in 1860 Forest assistants of subcontinent have broadly used the forests and gardens of South India Forest Department Dr.Hugh Cleghorn’s 1861 manual. India His system made the native of Karen village labourers and was asked to clean plant and weed teak plantations. His formulated legislation helped to establish research and training institutions. He was the founder of Imperial Forest School at Dehradun. Forest Department Sir Dietrich Brandis (Superintendent ) (Founder of taungya system) 1856 Pegu division of eastern Burma.
- 14. United States Organized environmental movement Representedby a wide range of organizations sometimes called non- governmental organizations or NGOs Environmental NGOs Vary widely in political views Influence the environmental policy of the United States and other governments. Old U.S. conservation movement Modern expression is The Nature Conservancy, Audubon Society and National Geographic Society - American organizations with a worldwide influence.
- 15. Environmental Movement AnIdeological Debate Ecocentric View Point Anthropocentric View Point Biodiversity and wilderness protection Urban pollution and social justice.
- 16. Books Authors Fundamentals ofEcology Eugene Odum and Howard Odum1953 best-seller Silent Spring Rachel Carson, in 1962
- 17. Laws on Environmentin US There are numerous U.S. environmental laws Clean Air Act Clean Water Act EPA in 1970 Laws regulating waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) Toxic substances (Toxic Substances Control Act) Pesticides (FIFRA: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act) Clean-up of polluted sites (Superfund) Protection of endangered species (Endangered Species Act), and more
- 18. Since IndustrialRevolution the US has made immense progress in every field. This progress has made her supra power but also raised some issues related to humans rights, health and ecology The US in order to protect and made her land safe has articulated laws but is using others lands for the production purposes and dispersing pollutions in different forms and than investing money to protect the lands of others.