International Environmental Law

This book describes the role of modern environmental law for the protection of our planet and of our multi-cultural civilization. It analyses the shape of present world society, its interdependence and common survival. It explains the impact of space exploration, expansion of global aviation, the emergence of a biologist view of world order ever since the UNESCO held a global conference on Science and Synthesis. The major focus of this book is to seek harmony with nature and adopt and ecological approach to international law. Modern international law is predominantly environmental law. The book combines law and science for world order. Leading scientists like Einstein and perigogine and eminent jurists like Justice Holmes and professor Myres McDougal have opined to adopt a synthesis of law and science for harmony with nature and for creative world society. Law is not merely for permission and prohibitions, but for creative decisions. It is possible to achieve the creative world society. Law is not merely for permissions and prohibitions, but for creative decisions. It is possible to achieve the creative unity of mankind by following unity in diversity recommended by Rabindranath Tagore and supported by Professor Amartya sen through multi-cultural federalism. The book deals with all these issues. It has also chapters on wetlands, author’s recent lectures on environment conservation in Kashmir university, Space law in 21st century, impact of aviation on environments etc. The book describes the role of pioneers like JRD Tata, president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Vikram Sarabhai, U.R. Rao and in recent period of Madhavan Nair etc. for aviation and space exploration. The book makes a reference for tomorrow’s world and for future studies in order to safeguard mother earth. Mr. Al Gore has rightly said that human kind is running short of time to save our planet. We need to work at all levels for global conservation of nature, an ecological living, human welfare and for world space.