Environmental Laws and Human mentality
The balance between Environmental Laws and Human mentality has been a subject of massive debates and discussions over the past decade. Numerous experts and environmental gurus around the globe have stated that the success or failure of an environmental policy depends greatly on the human…
Are we protecting the environment or is the environment protecting us?
Protecting the environment has been the key matter of concern for the human society since the past few decades. Considering the present condition of the mother nature, today the debate is that “Are we protecting the environment or is the environment protecting us?” Is the…
The National Green Tribunal Act – 2010
One of the most recent acts/policies laid out and incorporated into the Indian Constitution as a statute to conserve and reclaim the Environment is the National Green Tribunal Act. According to the legal definition stated by The Legislate Act of the Indian Constitution, the National Green…
EIA and Environmental Clearance Process
The main purpose of Environmental clearance is to assess the impact of the planned project on the environment and people through a detailed EIA report and to try to minimize the same with alternatives and preventive measures. EIA and Environmental Clearance Process The environmental clearance…
The Environment & Sustainable Development (Based on the Rio Declaration)
Mankind in the past has exploited the Earth’s resources in such a way that the generation today is struggling to cope up with the scarcity and lack of resources. This scarcity is a result of the over-consumption and lack of resource management, especially the non-renewable…
Environmental Ethics and Values
Ethics plays an important role in our society today, and environmental ethics and business ethics must be considered. This has become more prevalent in today’s society. The term “Ethics” itself means the “Combination of Philosophy with Technique”. Definition Environmental ethics is a branch of ethics…
Environmental Impact Assessment and Monitoring
Environmental Impact Assessment and Monitoring discusses technical developments and data arising from environmental monitoring and assessment, principles in the design of monitoring systems, and the use of monitoring data in assessing the consequences of natural resource management and pollution risks. Monitoring systems estimate exposure both…
A quick guide to Soil Reclamation
The soil is one of the abundantly available renewable resources on earth. However, increasing population and various human activities like industrialization, urbanization, mining, etc. are slowly rendering the fertile usable soil unfit for use. Damage and deterioration of soil include: Loss of fertility Lack of…
A quick guide to Biodiversity
Biodiversity, a contraction of “Biological diversity”, generally refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth. One of the most widely used definitions defines it in terms of the variability within species, between species and between ecosystems. It is a measure of the variety of organisms present in…
Air Pollution – Asthma for Mother Nature!
If Mother Nature was to be a living walking human, then Air pollution would be nothing less than a disease or an Asthma attack for her. Today the quality of air around us is so bad, that even the most seemingly clean and hygienic surroundings…
Know the Creator!
