Conserving Biodiversity - Legal Issues

The paper deals with the legal aspects of biodiversity conservation. There are about fifty International Conventions on the management of living resources. However, only a few of these have conservation as their primary objective. In India the earliest attempt to protect environment dates back to 1853 and at present there are more than 200 Central and State laws related to environment. Comprehensive guidelines have been incorporated in the constitution for the citizen as well as government as regards protection to country's environment. But sun some suitable legislations are required to cover some of the important areas like Biosphere Reserves, Grassland, Wetland, Estuaries etc.