The Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 An Act to provide for the conservation of forests and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-first year of the Republic of India as follows; 1. Short title, extent and commencement: (1) This Act may be called the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980. Genes or alleles can interact by small RNAs in a homology dependent manner meaning that short interfering (siRNAs) can act in trans at the chromatin level producing stable and heritable silencing phenotypes. Because of the puzzling data on endogenous paramutations, their impact contributing to adaptive evolution in a Lamarckian manner remains unknown. An increasing number of studies The main objectives of The Forest Conservation Act 1980 are: i) Protecting the flora, fauna and other ecological components of forests. ii) Protecting the integrity, territory and individuality of the forests. iii) Protecting the forests and preventing deforestation leading to land erosion and degradation. iv) Preventing the loss of biodiversity. Application of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 1.1. Definition (i) The term 'Forest land' mentioned in Section 2 of the Act refers to reserved forest, protected forest or any area recorded as forest in the government records. Lands which are notified under Section 4 of the Indian Forest Act would also come within the purview of the Act. Forest (Conservation) Act was enacted for providing a higher level of protection to forests and to regulate diversion of forest lands for non-forestry purposes. Clear Definition: The term "forest land" mentioned in the Act refers to the reserved forest, protected forest, or any area recorded as forest in the government records. Form for seeking prior approval of Central Govt. under section-2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for diversion of fresh Forest Area. PART-I A. General Details A-1 Project Details 1. Name of Project for which Forest Land is required. 2. Short narrative of the proposal and Project/scheme for which the forest land is required 3. State 4. (1) This Act may be called the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th day of October, 1980. 2. Restriction on the dereservation of forests or use of forest land for non-forest purpose. Notwithstanding anything It was repealed and replaced by The Indian forest act, 1927. The present Act i.e. The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 was passed with a view to check deforestation. This act covers the aspects left out by the act of 1927. It aims at putting a restriction on the de-reservation of forests or the use of forest-land for non-forest purposes. (1) This Act may be called the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu & Kashmir. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th day of October,1980. 2. 2. Restriction on the dereservation of forests or use of forest land for non-forest purpose - The Forest Conservation Act 1980 was enacted to help conserve the country's forests. It strictly restricts and regulates the de-reservation of forests or use of forest land for non-forest purposes without the prior approval of Central Government. Forest (Conservation) Rules, 1981 (as amended up to May 1992) G.S.R. 719 in exercise of the powers conferred b