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New Zealand
At a national level, the Ministry for the Environment is responsible for environmental policy and the Department of Conservation addresses conservation issues. At a regional level the regional councils administer the legislation and address regional environmental issues. # ISO certification in India
Switzerland
See also: Environmental protection in Switzerland
The environmental protection in Switzerland is mainly based on the measures to be taken against global warming. The pollution in Switzerland is mainly the pollution caused by vehicles and the litteration by tourists.# ISO certification in India
United States
Yosemite National Park in California, one of the first protected areas in the United States Since 1970, the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has been working to protect the environment and human health.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters.
All US states have their own state-level departments of environmental protection, which may issue regulations more stringent than the federal ones.
In January 2010, EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson published via the official EPA blog her “Seven Priorities for EPA’s Future”, which were (in the order originally listed):
- Taking action on climate change
- Improving air quality
- Assuring the safety of chemicals
- Cleaning up [US] communities
- Protecting America’s waters
- Expanding the conversation on environmentalism and working for environmental justice
- Building strong state and tribal partnerships
As of 2019, it is unclear whether these still represent the agency’s active priorities, as Jackson departed in February 2013, and the page has not been updated in the interim.
India
The Constitution of India has a number of provisions demarcating the responsibility of the Central and State governments towards Environmental Protection. The state’s responsibility with regard to environmental protection has been laid down under article 48-A of our constitution which stated that “The states shall endeavor to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forest and wildlife of the country”.
Environmental protection has been made a fundamental duty of every citizen of India under Article 51-A (g) of the constitution which says “It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers, and wildlife and to have compassion for living creatures”.
Article 21 of the constitution is a fundamental right, which states that “No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to the procedure established by law”. # ISO certification in India