This paper primarily focuses on the Legal dimensions with reference to environmental
protection in India. While talking about Environment and Environmental Protection,
Conservation and moving further to more complicated ideas like how to protect the
environment, we need to first look at the basic definition of Environment.
"Environment is the milieu in which the organism lives. It includes the sum of all of its
surroundings. This includes Natural forces and other living things. It defines the conditions of
danger and damage to existence, as well as the development and growth" 1 . Everything we are
adjacent to, all the non living as well as the living things together constitute the word
"Environment". All the materialistic
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The concept of protecting the nature and
wildlife has been an avid article of belief, faith and are evident in the practices of the people.
The fact that they revered the nature cannot be hidden. It is something enshrined in their daily
lives and the myths they gave credence to, the folklores, religion, art and culture. It is in no
doubt that the fascination, admiration and ardour for nature has been an important strand of
the Indian tradition and the Indian culture, traces of which can be found thousands of years
ago. The cordial bond between the man and nature has also been exhibited in the Bhimbetka
caves in the central India in the form of engravings of animals, plants, mountains and other
life forms such as evidences in forms of seals and stone engravings of elephant, bull, etc.
Historically, conservation of nature and natural resources was an innate aspect of the Indian
psyche and faith, reflected in religious practices, folklore, art and culture permeating every
aspect of the daily lives of people. 3 The adorable relationship between the man and the nature
has always been beautifully portrayed in the scriptures and preachings of various religions,
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When the government was making second five
year plan relating to industrialisation they probably ignored the impact of such
Industrialisation or Urbanisation on the Environment which was considered to be "sacred".
To understand the impact of Industrialisation, we must first understand what Industrialisation
is and When did it emerged in India?
Industrialisation is a process of transforming of a state, country or a region from agriculture
based economy to manufacturing of goods and services economy. An economy which was
dependent on the agriculture based products is transforming into an economy where it will
manufacture goods and services for the purpose of trade and self sufficiency. After
Independence from the colonial rule of British in 1947, India was one of the most poverty
stricken countries of the world. India's economic condition was quite ironic as compared to
the industrial boom in Britain during the same era. 4 Nonetheless, India
Jawaharlal Nehru interprets this topic, “Thus the economic development of India was stopped…India became an agricultural colony of industrial England.” (Doc.7) In all honesty Great Britain was less impacted than India due to British imperialism. India was most impacted by British imperialism because poverty & unemployment rates in India increased, Europeans denied Indians self rule of government, and economic developments & increased industry only benefited the British. Though others may say that Great Britain was the most impacted by imperialism because of the gain of materials for Great Britain's industry, they would be incorrect.
Before the BEIC, India was one of the wealthiest countries globally. Indian products like spices, textiles, and the country’s precious stones were highly desired, giving them a major role in trade. Once the BEIC took control, India’s wealth diminished greatly. The British put in place taxes on wealthy landowners and on “the trade of all fine and valuable merchandise.” (Document 9)
The British empire had taken over many colonies, India refused to be one of them. Britain set up trading posts in three cities. One of those cities, the mughal empire collapsed and britain 's posts quickly took control. Britain found that India was very valuable with the resources that they could easily take and use to sell to the high population of India. Britain put the justice and military system into place for India which made an efficient profit for them and made them all in all knowledgeable.
In his essay "A Literature of Place," Barry Lopez describes a literature that connects the importance of nature through basic human life. Claiming that "if you 're intimate with a place, a place with whose history you 're familiar, and you establish an ethical conversation with it, the implication that follows is this: the place knows you 're there. It feels you. You will not be forgotten, cut off, abandoned. " He further more goes on about how a person can obtain this, with a central question.
The inhabitants right to an “environment that is not harmful to their health and well-being” and the right to “ecologically sustainable development” is violated. Environmental ethics, on the other hand, is the area of applied ethics that discusses, reflects and reasons on normative measures (values, rules, norms, criteria) for dealing with non-human natural entities in a responsible way (Karafyllis 2013, p.292). In particular, it refers to the value that mankind places on protecting, conserving, and efficiently using resources that the earth provides. Simply put, environmental ethics poses the question - what, if any, moral obligation does man have to the preservation and care of the non-human
Many people who go into nature always see it as something beautiful and aesthetic, but they never see the other side to nature. Humankind’s connection with nature isn’t a real one. They always look at the bright side of nature but are blind to the true dark side of nature. JB MacKinnon’s article “False Idyll” (2012), reveals that nature is not just flowers in a field but can also be the survival of the fittest. He backs up his claim by talking about nature through anecdotes and expert’s research.
Nature is a place of beauty, but not everybody completely understands that. Nature is a place to be alone just by yourself. Nature is there for your comfort as it lays a blanket of trees over your head. Nature is like a friend, but more loyal. It stays true to you as you are its guest.
(20-21) and refutes that “now even that visual connection is optional” (21-22). His concession and refutation further proves that even though the time spent by most of society may be limited, it is still valuable because of the apparent disengagement of man from nature. Consequently, the separation of man from nature has resulted in the loss or reduction of any connection with nature. The mutual relationship between man and nature has evolved from a contract to a sad reality.
To rightfully evolve governance, we must look back on several ideas of jurisprudence that will celebrate diversity and recognize universal law should promote human behaviors that support the ecosystem. The Gaia theory imposes the idea of Earth being a single organism in itself which regulates its own environment and any interruptions to its cycles will cause the devastation of natural Earth. Humanity must reconsider its attempt to separate itself from the natural world and respect the environment and avoid waste or excess. It is importance we recognize or belonging to the ecosystem and become a universal network in order to preserve and protect the planet with depend on for
Nature has the ability to lead one to an improved comprehension of life. That is the point that Ralph Waldo Emerson, famous American essayist, wanted to convey to his readers in his long essay, Nature. In the essay, Emerson is saying that each and every person needs to broaden their own unique grasping of the universe that surrounds them. He is expressing this because he believes that people take nature for granted and do not really understand its purpose and impact. The author is stating all of this with a persuasive tone.
However there are dangerous things about nature even if humans need nature. The inclusion of nature in the good mind’s creation suggests that humans want a simplistic life in unity with nature, but without the chaos of nature in its purest
We should value nature and its animals much more (Becker, 1971). In today’s world we have what Becker calls a “power-saw mentality” (Becker, 1971, p. 114). Instead we’re greedy with what nature has to offer us. “Man takes what nature offers us, but usually only what he needs” (Becker, 1971, p. 114). There is a psychological difference in today’s world of what we enjoy out of nature (Becker, 1971).
The relationship between the human self and nature is strong because: To be happy is not getting satisfaction out of objects. Being happy comes from being outdoors and nature has a healing
Nature is one of the most powerful and mysterious forces of the universe that influences man greatly. Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of nature and soul. It controls all the living, non-living, human, non-human, organic, inorganic and visible, invisible things. It rules over the universe like a monarch and man can’t escape from the influence of nature; he is influenced by both nature and culture. To man nature is the pure and original source of happiness.
Introduction: Our earth is the most precious gift of the universe. It is the sustenance of ‘nature’ that is the key to the development of the future of mankind. It is the duty and responsibility of each one of us to protect nature. It is here that the understanding of the ‘environment’ comes into the picture. The degradation of our environment is linked with the development process and the ignorance of people about retaining the ecological balance.