Eco Sensitive Zone

Question 1

Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986,

Question 2

Thd country should havea mandatory eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of a minimum how km..?

Answer 2

1km

Question 3

TheCentre hadwhile coming out withFebruary 2011 guidelines on ESZhad prescribeda.. 10-kilometre boundary

Question 4

TheNational Wildlife Action Plan(2002-2016)oftheMinistry of Environment,Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)stipulated that state governments should declare land falling within10 km of the boundaries of national parks and wildlife sanctuariesas eco fragile zones orEco Sensitive Zones (ESZs) undertheEnvironmental (Protection) Act, 1986.

Question 5

The purpose of declaring ESZs around national parks, forests and sanctuaries is to create some kind of a…. “shock absorber”… for the protected areas.

Question 6

theKaziranga National Parksituated in which state..

Answer 6

Assam 1905