{"id":124815,"date":"2022-09-30T21:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=124815"},"modified":"2022-09-30T01:28:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T19:58:40","slug":"eco-sensitive-zones-history-size-and-importance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/government\/eco-sensitive-zones-history-size-and-importance","title":{"rendered":"Eco Sensitive Zones: History, Size And Importance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ecologically Fragile Area (EFA) is another Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) name. The Ministry of Environment has designated ESZs surrounding Protected Areas such as Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Park. The goal of establishing ESZs is to establish &#8220;shock absorbers&#8221; for nature reserves by monitoring and supervising activities in and around these protected areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to the National Board for Wildlife, the boundary of eco-sensitive zones must be site-specific, and efforts should be regulatory rather than prohibitive until necessary. This project&#8217;s overarching goal is to reduce the detrimental consequences of some operations near National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries to protect the fragile ecosystems surrounding these protected areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">History of Eco-Sensitive Zones\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">National Wildlife Action Plan (NWAP) 2002-2016 shows that the region outside conservation areas networks are crucial ecological corridor linkages that must be conserved to minimize the fragmentation of biodiversity pieces that will not persist in the long term.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Section 3 of the Environment Protection Regulations empowers the Central Government, namely the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, to take any steps it deems necessary to safeguard and preserve the quality of the environment, as well as to prevent and regulate environmental contamination.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There is, however, no mention of the term &#8220;Eco-Sensitive Zone&#8221; in the 1986 Environment (Protection) Act.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To achieve this goal, the government may limit the regions in which any industry, function, procedure, class of enterprises, or processes, may or may not be carried out, subject to specific protections.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nevertheless, Section 3(2)(v) of the Act states that the Central Government has the authority to limit the areas in which any industry, class of enterprises, operations, or processes, shall or shall not be carried out, subject to certain safeguards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a result, the government devised the idea of Eco-Sensitive Zones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The government has declared No Development Zones using the same basis (NDZs).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Size of the Ecosensitive Zones<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to the Wildlife Conservation Strategy, 2002, an ESZ might extend up to 10 kilometres surrounding a protected area.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the case of vulnerable corridors, accessibility, and biologically essential patches critical for landscape connection, regions wider than 10 km can be incorporated into the eco-sensitive area.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Furthermore, even within the framework of a specific Protected Area, the distribution of an ESZ and the level of regulation may not be consistent throughout, and it may be of varied breadth and extent.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Importance of Eco-Sensitive Zones<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Eco-sensitive zones would reduce the effect of industrialization and other development activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The protected areas are managed using the core and buffer strategy, which also protects and benefits local populations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Eco-sensitive areas encircling protected areas, animal refuges, and national parks act as a &#8216;Shock Absorber.&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">An ESZ assists in in-situ conservation, which is concerned with protecting an endangered species in its natural environment, such as Kaziranga National Park in Assam, which protects one-horned rhinos.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Eco-Sensitive Zones reduce deforestation and human-animal conflict.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Activities permitted In ESZs:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Activities Allowed in Eco-Sensitive Zones<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">These include ongoing agricultural or horticultural techniques, rainwater gathering, organic agriculture, renewable energy use, and green technologies for all activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Barred Activities:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Under Environmental Zones, it is prohibited to quarry, use wood commercially, run pollution-causing industries, conduct tourism around the National Park, release effluent, develop major hydropower projects (HEPs), or produce hazardous substances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Monitored or regulated Activities<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Felling of trees, creating of hotels and resorts, commercial exploitation of natural water, building power wires, drastic changes in farming systems, e.g. adoption of heavy technologies, pesticides, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecologically Fragile Area (EFA) is another Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) name. The Ministry of Environment has designated ESZs surrounding Protected Areas such as Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Park. The goal of establishing ESZs is to establish &#8220;shock absorbers&#8221; for nature reserves by monitoring and supervising activities in and around these protected areas. 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