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'''Dilip K. Biswas''' is an Indian environmentalist and former chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board and Delhi Pollution Control Committee.<ref name="Kashmir Ecology and Environment: New Concerns and Strategies">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=stRIOj66c9gC&q=D.+K.+Biswas&pg=PA11 | title=Kashmir Ecology and Environment: New Concerns and Strategies | publisher=APH Publishing | author=Saligram Bhatt | year=2004 | pages=305 | isbn=9788176486019}}</ref> He was a member of the panel which conducted ecological studies on [[Silent Valley National Park|Silent Valley]] and checked the feasibility of a hydro-electric project in the [[Silent Valley Reservoir|area]], eventually recommending against project, leading to the declaration of Silent Valley as a [[National parks (India)|National Park]].<ref name="Environment, Development and Society in Contemporary India:An Introduction">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xt9KHerkrkAC&q=Dilip+K.+Biswas&pg=PA180 | title=Environment, Development and Society in Contemporary India:An Introduction | publisher=Macmillan | author=Prasad | year=2008 | pages=438 | isbn=9780230635302}}</ref> He is the author of ''Implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism in Asia and the Pacific: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities'', a report published by the [[United Nations]] as a guideline for the implementation of the [[Clean Development Mechanism]] (CDM), prescribed by [[Kyoto Protocol]].<ref name="Implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism in Asia and the Pacific: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHvZiVYXC10C&q=Dilip+K.+Biswas&pg=PP4 | title=Implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism in Asia and the Pacific: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities | publisher=United Nations Publications | author=Dilip K. Biswas | year=2003 | pages=36 | isbn=9789211203844}}</ref> His contributions are also reported behind the drafting of the environment management laws in [[Lucknow]], the capital city of the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="A Report on State of Environment Lucknow">{{cite web | url=http://www.cpcb.nic.in/upload/Publications/Publication_31_sec1_52.pdf | title=A Report on State of Environment Lucknow | publisher=Central Pollution Control Board | date=2016 | access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2007, for his contributions to science and technology.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Clean Development Mechanism]]<br />
* [[Kyoto Protocol]]<br />
* [[Save Silent Valley]]<br />
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* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8PjBzy4cnF8C&q=Dilip+K.+Biswas&pg=PA2 | title=A Guidebook for Local Catchment Management in Cities | publisher=UN-HABITAT | author=Prof. Mwara (author), Dilip K Biswas (editor) | year=2005 | pages=107 | isbn=9789211317572}}<br />
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