Environmental Laws are the standards that governments establish to manage natural resources and environmental quality. The broad categories of “natural resources” and “environmental quality” include such areas as air and water pollution, forests and wildlife, hazardous waste, agricultural practices, wetlands, and land-use planning. In the United States, some of the more widely known environmental laws are the clean air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the National Environmental policy Act, and the Endangered Species Act. The body of environmental law includes not only the text of these laws but also the regulations that implement and the judicial decisions that interpret this legislation.
This book examines some of the ways in which international environmental law is responding to global environmental change and suggests new directions for the field. It also addresses new directions in international environmental law and to a lesser extent, in international institutions. To accomplish this, it looks at the challenges posed by issues of global environmental change and sustainable development and at historical experience.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Purnima Sethi
Dr. Prunima Sethi, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. has been involved in teaching and research for over 19 years with specialisation in Environment Studies. She has to her credit about 12 research papers published in journals of high repute. She has worked on almost all aspects of Ecology and Environment and has successfully completed the research schemes funded by UGC, CSIR. She is associated with several academic bodies and societies as fellow and life member. She has attended national and international seminars and symposiums.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR V S Kulkarni
Vijayprasad Shankar Kulkarni (1958) completed his college and University degrees in Economics at Karnataka University, Dharwad (Karnataka). He was a recipient of a number of scholarships. He obtained his M.Phil., Ph.D., and LL.B. degrees from Mumbai and Pune Universities. He served as a teacher in Business Economics for more than two decades at K.M.C. college, Khopoli (Maharashtra). He is also a visiting faculty member for P.G. degrees leading to M.A., M.Com. & M.B.A. He has written a number of research papers for national and international level seminars, held in India and abroad. He has also written articles for a number of books and journals. At present he is serving as Principal, Manjunatha College of Arts & Commerce, Thakurli, Thane Dist Mumbai.
There are no reviews yet.