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National biodiversity target
Measures taken: policies and initiatives
6. Ecologically representative areas on land and in inland waters, as well as
coastal and marine zones, especially those of particular importance for
species, biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved effectively and
equitably, on the basis of protected area designation and management and
other area-based conservation measures and are integrated into the wider
landscapes and seascapes, covering over 20% of the geographic area of the
country, by 2020
Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, National Marine
Fisheries Policy, 2017, Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,
1974 amended in 2003, Noise Pollution (Regulation & Control), 2000, The
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act enacted in 1981 and amended
in 1987, Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, Forest Conservation Act,
1980, Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, Indian Forest Act, 1927, Protection of
Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001, National Afforestation Plan,
India’s National Action Plan for Conservation of Migratory Birds, Sacred
Groves, National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of
Sharks, National Air Quality Monitoring Programme, National Ambient
Noise Monitoring Network
7. By 2020, genetic diversity of cultivated plants, farm livestock, and their
wild relatives including other socio-economically as well as culturally
valuable species, is maintained, and strategies have been developed and
implemented for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding their genetic
diversity
Indian Council of agricultural Research, National Bureau of Agricultural
Insect Resources, National Bureau of Agriculturally Important
Micro-Organisms, National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, National
Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, National Bureau of Plant Genetic
Resources, My Village My Pride (Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav), Rashtriya
Gokul Mission, 2014,
Ministry of AYUSH
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Table 1
(continued)
National biodiversity target
Measures taken: policies and initiatives
6. Ecologically representative areas on land and in inland waters, as well as
coastal and marine zones, especially those of particular importance for
species, biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved effectively and
equitably, on the basis of protected area designation and management and
other area-based conservation measures and are integrated into the wider
landscapes and seascapes, covering over 20% of the geographic area of the
country, by 2020
Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, National Marine
Fisheries Policy, 2017, Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,
1974 amended in 2003, Noise Pollution (Regulation & Control), 2000, The
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act enacted in 1981 and amended
in 1987, Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, Forest Conservation Act,
1980, Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, Indian Forest Act, 1927, Protection of
Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001, National Afforestation Plan,
India’s National Action Plan for Conservation of Migratory Birds, Sacred
Groves, National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of
Sharks, National Air Quality Monitoring Programme, National Ambient
Noise Monitoring Network
7. By 2020, genetic diversity of cultivated plants, farm livestock, and their
wild relatives including other socio-economically as well as culturally
valuable species, is maintained, and strategies have been developed and
implemented for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding their genetic
diversity
Indian Council of agricultural Research, National Bureau of Agricultural
Insect Resources, National Bureau of Agriculturally Important
Micro-Organisms, National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, National
Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, National Bureau of Plant Genetic
Resources, My Village My Pride (Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav), Rashtriya
Gokul Mission, 2014,
Ministry of AYUSH
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