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National Parks Act 1982, Being an Act- a) to provide for the preservation of the environment and of the national cultural inheritance by- i) the conservation of sites and areas having particular biological, topographical, geological, historical, scientific or social importance; and ii) the management of those sites and areas, in accordance with the fourth goal of the National Goals and Directive Principles; and b) to give effect to those Goals and Principles under Section 25 (implementation of the National Goals and Directive Principles) of the Constitution, and for related purposes.

The term “alternative courses of action” means all alternatives and thus is not limited to original project objectives and agency jurisdiction. (2) The term “commercial activity” means all activities of industry and trade, including, but not limited to, the buying or selling of commodities and activities conducted for the purpose of facilitating such buying and selling: Provided, however, That it does not include exhibition of commodities by museums or similar cultural or historical organizations.