Ecosystems EIA and Tourism Diluting Environmental Safeguards Research Papers and Case Studies First notified in 1994, by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, under the Environmental (Protection) Act 1986, the notification mandated EIA for expansion or modernization of any activity or for setting up new projects listed in schedule of the notification. However, the notification was amended nearly twelve times, each time diluting the regulatory mandate of the notification. The MoEFCC carried out studies on the effectiveness of the 1994 notification and concluded that it was procedurally cumbersome, fraught with delays, requiring disproportionate amounts of details with each application, time consuming, and resulting in poor quality reports by consultants. In 2006, the MoEFCC introduced a new EIA notification, replacing the 1994 (much amended) version. It is this new notification and its implications on tourism that is subject of scrutiny of this paper. Geographies India
