Across
- 3. Legal study conducted before permitting environmentally risky projects.
- 4. Protected area where human activity is highly restricted.
- 8. Forest-dwelling communities legally recognised under Indian law.
- 9. Principle making polluters financially responsible for environmental harm.
- 11. Species facing an extremely high risk of extinction.
- 13. Knowledge of indigenous communities protected under biodiversity law.
- 15. Sharing profits arising from use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge.
- 16. Variety of life forms protected under environmental law.
- 17. Illegal trade in wild animals and plants.
Down
- 1. The unauthorized use of biological resources without permission.
- 2. Development that balances ecology with human needs.
- 5. Natural home of a species protected under conservation law.
- 6. Organisms genetically altered through biotechnology.
- 7. Doctrine treating natural resources as property held by the State for the people.
- 10. Species found only in one specific geographical region.
- 12. Legal recognition given to products linked with a geographical origin.
- 14. International agreement regulating trade in endangered species.