Environmental governance with special reference to forest and wild life in Bahraich district

Abstract

In the present paper an attempt is made to study the state of forest and natural protected area in Bahraich district. The study is based upon the secondary source of information collected from Forest Survey of India and the Uttar Pradesh Government web site of environment. From the results it is clear that effective environmental governance has become an inescapable reality in India demanding meaningful and effective steps to save life and its quality from the human misdeeds disturbing the ‘nature’ making its response adverse and reactive. It requires strong institutional reforms so that it can combat diverse environmental problems including the forest degradation. Apart from it environmental protection law and various agencies are not able to control the environmental problems and it is continuously increasing.