THIS PRESENTATION SPEAKING REGARDING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT POLICY

1. Presented by : Rasique P

2. INTRODUCTION
 Environment policy is the commitment of an organization of
government to the laws regulations and other policy mechanisms
concerning environmental issues.
 These issues generally includes air and water pollution, waste
management, ecosystem management, maintenance of
biodiversity protection of natural resources, wildlife and
endangered species.
 Policy is concerning energy of regulation of toxic substances
including pesticides and many types of industrial wastes are also
part of the environmental policy.

3. DEFINITION
 Environmental policy is defined as “any action deliberately taken to manage
human activities with a view to prevent, reduce, or mitigate harmful effects
on nature and natural resources, and ensuring that man-made changes to the
environment do not have harmful effects on humans or the environment,”
(McCormick 2001)
“Northeastern university political review, journal, THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL POLICIES
series April 12, 2012”

4. Objectives of the National Environment
Policy
These Objectives relate to current perceptions of key environmental challenges
 Conservation of Critical Environmental Resources.
 Intra-generational Equity: Livelihood Security for the Poor.
 Inter-generational Equity
 Integration of Environmental Concerns in Economic and Social Development.
 Efficiency in Environmental Resource Use.
 Environmental Governance.
 Enhancement of Resources for Environmental Conservation

5. Principles
 Human Beings are at the Centre of Sustainable Development concerns.
 The Right to Development
 Environmental Protection is an Integral part of the Development process.
 The Precautionary Approach.
 Economic Efficiency.

6. PURPOSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
 Environment policy which will encourage productive and
enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; to
promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the
environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare
of man; to enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and
natural resources important to the Nation.

7. Strategies and Actions
 Regulatory Reforms.
 Revisiting the Policy and Legislative Framework.
 Process Related Reforms.
 Enhancing and Conserving Environmental Resources.
Land Degradation.
Desert Ecosystems.
Forests and Wildlife.

8. Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, and Natural Heritage.
Freshwater Resources.
Mountain Ecosystems.
Coastal Resources.
Pollution Abatement.
Conservation of Manmade Heritage.
Climate Change.

9.  Clean Technologies and Innovation.
 Environmental Awareness, Education, and Information.
 Stakeholder Involvement.
 Capacity Building.
 International Cooperation.
 (CRZ) Costal regulation zone
 LMO- living modified organism
 ESZ- Environment Sensitive Zone

10. Role of social workers
Social workers are working as coordinators of projects based on environmental protections.
Social work educators, students, practitioners, advocate for social policy related to environment.
Social workers have the knowledge skill and vales to be strong advocates continuing the tradition of social action related to
environmental issues.
Social workers are challenged to continue advocacy to attack social injustice and social inequality.
The social workers have wide opportunity in the field of innovations and social work research in the field of environment.
Social work can play a vital role in the evolution of the new economy which is more sustainable and green .

11. Strength of environmental policy
1) The environment policy providing scientific understandings of environmental matters.
2) Environmental policy can able to bring out many changes in the case of environment.
3) National Environment Policy outlines a significant number of new and continuing initiatives for
enhancing environmental conservation
4) An environmental policy result lowering of all kind of pollution thus helps the societies to become
healthier.
5) Environmental policy may lead to an environmental friendly innovation that helps a business
establishment.

12. Short coming of environmental policy
 cost is the major disadvantage of a environmental policy as there
is need of money to implement it.
 If there is no public support to a policy it would be a failure , also
sometime public response can severe for example if you are
protecting a natural area and people have high rely on that
particular area

13. Conclusion
1. In India the twelth five year plan has emphasized the need for sound environmental
management which includes environmental planning protection assessment monitoring
research education and conservation as major guiding factors for national development.
2. India has excellent environmental lose, but politics and corruption prevent their
effective implementation. The result has been disastrous for our environment and hence
for the economy too, as we are now seeing.

14. Reference
 Northeastern university political review, journal, THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL
POLICIES series April 12, 2012
 The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
 Northeastern university political review, journal, THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL
POLICIES series April 12, 2012
 www.yourarticlelibrary.com
 Encyclopedia of Social Work-NASW Press & Oxford University Press
 The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
 www.brainly.in