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Kerala State Environment Policy, 2009.

Country/Territory
India
Territorial subdivision
Kerala
Document type
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Fisheries, Water, Wild species & ecosystems, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Agricultural development Sustainable development Local government Governance Social protection Rural employment Rural youth EIA Pollution control Public participation Protection forest Research Ecosystem preservation Subsidy/incentive Early warning system/emergency intervention system Climate change Public health Fish products Fishery management and conservation Community management Food sovereignty Waste disposal Waste management Waste prevention Sustainable use Water supply Sewerage Access and benefit-sharing Disasters Education Biodiversity
Geographical area
Asia, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

This Kerala State Environment Policy Vision aims at ensuring clean air, water, soil and food to the people of Kerala and its sustainability for a healthy living condition, as well as ensuring conservation of natural resources, including species, ecosystems and genetic wealth of the State. The State Government have been pursuing to implement several regulatory and promotional measures for environmental protection and conservation through their various departments such as Department of Environment, Science and Technology, Health and Family Welfare, Forests and Wildlife, Factories and Boilers, Industries, Mining and Geology and Groundwater. It aims at ensuring equitable access to natural resources to all sections of the society, particularly the poor, whose survival depends on the availability of natural resources, and to ensure the following issues: a sustainable and equitable use of environmental resources for meeting their basic needs of present as well as future generations; its efficient use by reducing their consumption per unit of economic output, to minimize adverse environmental impacts; mitigation and restoration activities for damages already caused to the environment and the ecosystems by suitable restoration/ameliorative measures and, to prevent and control further deterioration of land, biomass, water and air which constitute our basic life-support systems.

Full text
English
Website
envt.kerala.gov.in