Exam Details

Subject National Environmental Law and Policy
Paper
Exam / Course Post Graduate Diploma In Environmental Law (PGDENLW)
Department School of Law (SOL)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

Answer the following questions in brief. Each question carries 2 marks.

1. What are Ownership Rights

2. Define Public Purpose under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

3. Explain critical 'Wild life Habitat'.

4. State any two duties of Gram Sabha and village level institutions as holders of forest right.

5. What is included in 'Wild life' under wild life protection Act, 1972

6. What is the test to determine the offence of hunting?

7. Enlist any four root causes of refugee flows as identified by UNHCR (United Nations High Commission of Refugees).

8. Define Migration.

9. Who are forest managers

10. What are Common Pool Resources (CPRs)

Answer any four questions from this part. Each question carries 10 marks.

11. Discuss the concept of traditional property rights.

12. Write a note on Land Tenure.

13. Discuss the restrictions laid down under The Forest Conservation Act, 1980 on dereservation of forests or use of forest land for non forest purpose.

14. Under what circumstances the diversion of forest land is allowed as per Scheduled Tribe and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006? Discuss.

15. Write a note on powers and functions of Wild life Crime Control Bureau.

16. Discuss the need for protection and Restoration of Tribal Lands.

Answer any two questions from this part. Each question carries 20 marks.

17. Who are Environmental Refugees? Discuss in brief different categories of Environmental stress.

18. Whether the statement made by the accused before the forest officer for committing an offence of hunting is admissible as evidence against him or not. Give reasons in the light of suitable Case Laws.

19. Explain the terms 'Community Reserves' and 'Conservation Reserve'.

20. Write short notes on the following:

Customary and recorded rights

Individual and community rights.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Environment Protection Mechanisms
  • International Environment Law and Policy
  • Introduction to Environment
  • Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy
  • National Environmental Law and Policy
  • National Legal Frameworks and Processes