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Lecture Schedule
Sr. No.
Topic
No. of Lecture (s)
Theory
1.
Forest policy – Relevance and scope,National Forest Policy –
1894, 1952 and 1988
2
2.
Forest laws; Indian Forest Act –1927, general provision and
detailed study
3
3.
Forest Conservation Act, 1980
2
4.
Wildlife Protect Act, 1972
2
5.
Important Forest Rules and Guidelines.; Indian evidence act applied
to forestry matters, Legal definitions; objectives of species forest laws
2
6.
History of environmental policy in India
1
7.
Constitutional and legislative provisions—constitutional
provisions and the environment,
2

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8.
Environmental protection and fundamental rights, Digest
of environmental 
legislation
(Interpretation of environmental statutes,
2
9.
Environmental protection Act, 1986
2
10.
Biodiversity Act, 2002
2
11.
Schedules tribes (Recognition of forest rights), Act,2007
1
12.
Judicial remedies and procedures, public interest litigations, Intellectual
Property Rights (Patents, Copy rights, Trade mark, Trade
secrets), freedom of information, and right to know
4
13.
Important case studies and landmark judgments. Case studies
of different forests divisions/ areas of India
3
15.
International conventions of forestry issue. e.g. Role of international
treaties like CITES, IUCN, RAMSER, CBD, etc.
3
Total
32
I. Course Title
: Global Climate Change Impact, Mitigation and
adaptation
II. Course Code
: FRM 509