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Introduction

• Environment and its Pollution
• Sustainable Development
• Intergenerational Equity Principle
• Precautionary Principle
• Polluter Pays Principle
• Public Trust Doctrine
• Principles of Equity and Equality
• Assimilative Capacity Principle
• Constitutional Provisions for Environmental Protection
• Criminal Law Provisions for Environmental Protection
• Nuisance and Environmental Pollution (Tort)
• Negligence and Environmental Pollution (Tort)
• Strict Liability and Environmental Pollution (Tort)

International Conferences on Environmental Protection

• Stockholm Declaration
• Rio Declaration
• Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol
• Basel Convention (Trans-Boundary Hazardous Substances)
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Kyoto Protocol
• Doha Amendment
• Paris Climate Agreement
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
• Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources
• International Solar Alliance (ISA)
• India’s Contribution in International Solar Alliance (ISA)

Environment Protection Act (EPA), 1986

• Objectives, Scope and Applicability of the Act

• The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
• The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
• The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
• The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
• The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991
• The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010
• The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
• The Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling, and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016
• The National Water Policy, 2012
• The Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2011

Miscellaneous:

• National Green Tribunal
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Control and Management of Hazardous Waste
  

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