Care for Aquaresources and Marine Life

Abstract

An introduction about what is meant by aquatic resources is given along with the problems faced by them which mainly includes pollution, degradation, encroachment and other man-made threats.

Activities of human beings have led to certain extreme damage to the aquatic resources including extinction of marine animals thus disturbing the natural biodiversity. As it has been an alarming issue, many laws have come up in order to regulate such human activities.

The Global Water Resource Policies formulated from time to time by the UN, the World Water Council and International Water Resources Association guides us for the proper use of water resources. The United Nations' Environment Programme, the United Nations' Convention on the Law of the Sea along with the International Maritime Organization looks after the protection of the marine resources. The Water laws however controls the proper use of both surface and groundwater but not seas and oceans.

The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 has been a major enactment by the Indian legislation towards protection of aquatic resources.

There have been some remarkable steps towards conservation and protection of marine animals by legislative enactments, by forming ocean sanctuaries and marine reserves.