The central focus of this book is on environmental law and its protection in the
age of rapid modernisation. Environmental problems have attracted the attention
of a wide crosssection of people all over the world during the last two decades.
People are becoming increasingly conscious of a variety of problems like global
warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, famines, droughts, floods scarcity of
fuel, firewood and fodder, pollution of air and water and problems from
hazardous chemicals and radiation which have adverse effects on the environment.
It is clear that a concern for environment is essentially a desire to see that
national development proceeds along rational sustainable