Section 2
Definitions
Unless the subject or the context otherwise requires, in this Act:
(a) “Adaptation” means the prevention or mitigation of further loss and damage upon projecting potential impacts and risks of climate change.
(b) “Emission” means emission of greenhouse gas or any other gas, smoke or dust on the environment from any certain area in a certain period.
(c) “Fund” means the environment protection fund referred to in Section 31.
(d) “Climate change” means a gradual change of climate of the earth which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition
to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.
(e) “Climate change management” means the mitigation or adaptation of problems arising as a result of climate change, and this term also includes a totality of acts including policies, strategies, making institutional mechanisms, provision of finance, capacity building.
(f) “Hazardous substance” means any substance enlisted in the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, and explosives, inflammable, perpetual and substances with corrosive properties and substances that are intended to be in use for the first time upon be processed from raw materials not re-used which cause adverse impact on the environment.
(g) "Biological diversity" means eco-system diversity, species diversity and genetic diversity.
(h) “Prescribed” or “as prescribed” means prescribed or as prescribed in the rules framed under this Act.
(i) “Mitigation” means reduction or prevention of emission of greenhouse gas as a result of human activity.
(J) "Pollution" means the activities that significantly degrade, damage the environment or harm the beneficial or useful purpose of the environment, by changing the environment directly or indirectly as a result of wastes, chemical, heat, noise, electrical, electro-magnetic wave or radioactive ray.
(k) "Proposal" means a proposal prepared in regard to the carrying out of such development work, physical activity that may bring about change in the existing environmental conditions or any plan, project or programme which changes the land use.
(l) "Proponent" means a person or governmental, semi-governmental or non-governmental agency or institution that makes application for the approval of a proposal or that has got approval for the implementation of the proposal.
(m) "Initial environmental examination" means an analytical study or evaluation to be conducted to ascertain as to whether, in
implementing a proposal, the proposal does have significant adverse impacts on the environment or not, and with respect to the measures to be adopted for avoiding or mitigating such impacts by any means.
(n) “Supplementary environmental impact assessment” means an environmental impact assessment to be made again vis-à-vis a proposal submitted in order to make revision partly in physical infrastructure, design or form, transfer or alter a structure, add a forest area or increase the project capacity on the environmental impact assessment proposal which has been already accepted.
(o) “Council” means the national council on environment protection and climate change management referred to in Section 32.
(p) “Provincial Ministry” means the Ministry of a Provincial Government responsible for environment related matter.
(q) "Wastes" means the liquid, solid, gas, slurry, smoke, dust, radiated element or substance or similar other materials disposed in a manner to degrade the environment.
(r) "Ministry" means the Ministry of Forest and Environment of the Government of Nepal.
(s) "National heritage" means any such object, physical structure, site, plant or animal related with the environment available within Nepal as is likely to be important to the human being from natural, cultural, historical, archaeological, scientific, spiritual, aesthetic or social point of view.
(t) "Environment" means the interaction and inter-relationship among the components of natural, cultural and social systems, economic and human activities and their components.
(u) “Environmental study report” means a report prepared with respect to the brief environmental study, initial environmental examination or environmental impact assessment.
(v) "Environmental impact assessment" means detailed study and evaluation to be made to ascertain as to whether, in implementing a proposal, the proposal does have significant adverse impacts on the environment or not, and as to the measures to be adopted for avoiding or mitigating such impacts.
(w) “Department” means the Department of Environment under the Ministry.
(x) “Concerned body” means the body referred to in sub-section (2) of Section 3 which is responsible for taking action and decision on the environmental study report.
(y) “Brief environmental study” means a study to be made briefly as to the measures to be adopted for avoiding or mitigating the adverse effects on the environment as a result of implementation of any proposal.
(z) “Local Level” means a Rural Municipality or Municipality.
(a) “Adaptation” means the prevention or mitigation of further loss and damage upon projecting potential impacts and risks of climate change.
(b) “Emission” means emission of greenhouse gas or any other gas, smoke or dust on the environment from any certain area in a certain period.
(c) “Fund” means the environment protection fund referred to in Section 31.
(d) “Climate change” means a gradual change of climate of the earth which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition
to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.
(e) “Climate change management” means the mitigation or adaptation of problems arising as a result of climate change, and this term also includes a totality of acts including policies, strategies, making institutional mechanisms, provision of finance, capacity building.
(f) “Hazardous substance” means any substance enlisted in the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, and explosives, inflammable, perpetual and substances with corrosive properties and substances that are intended to be in use for the first time upon be processed from raw materials not re-used which cause adverse impact on the environment.
(g) "Biological diversity" means eco-system diversity, species diversity and genetic diversity.
(h) “Prescribed” or “as prescribed” means prescribed or as prescribed in the rules framed under this Act.
(i) “Mitigation” means reduction or prevention of emission of greenhouse gas as a result of human activity.
(J) "Pollution" means the activities that significantly degrade, damage the environment or harm the beneficial or useful purpose of the environment, by changing the environment directly or indirectly as a result of wastes, chemical, heat, noise, electrical, electro-magnetic wave or radioactive ray.
(k) "Proposal" means a proposal prepared in regard to the carrying out of such development work, physical activity that may bring about change in the existing environmental conditions or any plan, project or programme which changes the land use.
(l) "Proponent" means a person or governmental, semi-governmental or non-governmental agency or institution that makes application for the approval of a proposal or that has got approval for the implementation of the proposal.
(m) "Initial environmental examination" means an analytical study or evaluation to be conducted to ascertain as to whether, in
implementing a proposal, the proposal does have significant adverse impacts on the environment or not, and with respect to the measures to be adopted for avoiding or mitigating such impacts by any means.
(n) “Supplementary environmental impact assessment” means an environmental impact assessment to be made again vis-à-vis a proposal submitted in order to make revision partly in physical infrastructure, design or form, transfer or alter a structure, add a forest area or increase the project capacity on the environmental impact assessment proposal which has been already accepted.
(o) “Council” means the national council on environment protection and climate change management referred to in Section 32.
(p) “Provincial Ministry” means the Ministry of a Provincial Government responsible for environment related matter.
(q) "Wastes" means the liquid, solid, gas, slurry, smoke, dust, radiated element or substance or similar other materials disposed in a manner to degrade the environment.
(r) "Ministry" means the Ministry of Forest and Environment of the Government of Nepal.
(s) "National heritage" means any such object, physical structure, site, plant or animal related with the environment available within Nepal as is likely to be important to the human being from natural, cultural, historical, archaeological, scientific, spiritual, aesthetic or social point of view.
(t) "Environment" means the interaction and inter-relationship among the components of natural, cultural and social systems, economic and human activities and their components.
(u) “Environmental study report” means a report prepared with respect to the brief environmental study, initial environmental examination or environmental impact assessment.
(v) "Environmental impact assessment" means detailed study and evaluation to be made to ascertain as to whether, in implementing a proposal, the proposal does have significant adverse impacts on the environment or not, and as to the measures to be adopted for avoiding or mitigating such impacts.
(w) “Department” means the Department of Environment under the Ministry.
(x) “Concerned body” means the body referred to in sub-section (2) of Section 3 which is responsible for taking action and decision on the environmental study report.
(y) “Brief environmental study” means a study to be made briefly as to the measures to be adopted for avoiding or mitigating the adverse effects on the environment as a result of implementation of any proposal.
(z) “Local Level” means a Rural Municipality or Municipality.