Human rights are those conditions that are considered indispensable for a person’s all – round development and welfare. These rights can be divided into two groups: legal rights and moral rights. Legal rights come from the law. For example, people have a legal right to vote in India once they are 18 years old. A person’s wife or child has got a moral right to be taken care of by him.
Several environmental issues are closely linked to human rights. These include the equitable distribution of environmental resources, the utilization of resources and intellectual property rights (IPRS), conflicts between people and wildlife especially around PAs , resettlement issues around development projects such as dams and mines, and access to health to prevent environment-related diseases. Indigenous people’s products and uses are protected by ‘Community Bio-diversity Registers’ (CBRs).
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