Review of the Current Legal and Institutional Mechanisms in Relation to the Environment Pollution Control in Bangladesh

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABBREVIATIONS AND JARGONS

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
1.1 ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION: TRACING THE LEGAL LINKAGES

CHAPTER TWO REGULARATORY FRAMEWORK ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN BANGLADESH
2.1 DEFINITION OF POLLUTION UNDER THE BANGLADESH ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION ACT 1995
2.2 DEFINITION OF POLLUTION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
2.3 POLLUTION CONTROL IN BANGLADESH: A CONSTITUTIONAL APPROACH
2A. LAW ADDRESSING POLLUTION AS TO AIR
1. THE SMOKE NUISNACE ACT 1905
2. THE BRICK BURNING (CONTROL) ACT 1989
3. THE SMOKING AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS USAGE (CONTROL) ACT 2005
2B. LAW ADDRESSING POLLUTION AS TO WATER AND FISHERY
1. THE PORTS ACT 1908
2. THE TERRIRORIAL WATERS AND MARITIME ZONES ACT 1974
3. THE TERRIRORIAL WATERS AND MARITIME ZONES RULES 1977
4. THE COAST GUARD ACT 1994
5. THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF FISH ACT 1950
6. THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF FISH RULES 1985
7. THE MARINE FISHERIES ORDINANCE 1983
2C. LAW ADDRESSING POLLUTION AS TO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
1. THE BANGLADESH PURE FOOD ORDINANCE 1959
2. THE PESTICIEDS ORDINANCE 1971
2D. LAW ADDRESSING POLLUTION AS TO TRANSPORTATION
1. THE MOTOR VEHICLES ORDINANCE 1983
2. THE MOTOR VEHICLES RULES 1940
2E. LAW ADDRESSING POLLUTION AS TO TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WASTE
1. THE BANGLADESH PETROLEUM ACT 1974

CHAPTER THREE THE BANGLADESH ENVIROMENT CONSERVATION ACT 1995 AND RULES 1997
3.1 AN OVERVIEW
3.2 BANNING POLYTHENE: EFFICENCY OF THE BEC ACT 1995
3.3 POLLUTION RELATED IMPORTANT PROVISIONS OF BEC ACT 1995
I) THE NOISE POLLUTION (CONTROL) RULES 2006
II) COMBATING MEDICAL WASTE: A NEW EMERGING POLLUTION
III) TOXICTANNERIES: THEHEALTH REPURCUSSIONS OF BANGLADEH’S HAZARIBAGH LEATHER

CHAPTER FOUR POLLUTION CONTROL AND ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS
4.1 EXTRACTING THE JURISPRUDENCE: ANALYSES OF LEGISLATURE‟S STANCE
4.2 THE EXECUTIVE
4.2.1 NATIONAL ENVIORMENTAL POLICY 1992
4.2.2 MINSTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS
4.3 THE JUDICIARY
4.4 NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOs) AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENT MOVEMENT
4.5 COPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) AND POLLITION CONTROL

CHAPTER FIVE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 MAJOR BARRIERS IN PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT FROM POLLUTION
5.2 GIVEN THE SITUATION AS IT SATNDS NOW, THE FOLLOWING WAY OUT CAN BE AVAILED OF REGARDING POLLUTION CONTROL
5.3 CONCLUSION