Human Rights in Environmental Perspective

Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 Why Sustainable Development Issues and Concerns 3 Human Rights and United Nations Environment Programme UNEP 4 Environmental Justice and Human Rights 5 Right to Healthy Environment 6 Environmental Pollution and Human Rights 7 Environmental Laws and Human Rights Appendices Index Is healthy environment a basic human right Nature has bestowed the earth with beautiful landscape plains high mountains lush green forests water springs and lakes rivers and rivulets oceans minerals air climate and all the more innumeral species of fauna and flora ie life of which homo sapiens is one itself But mans greed and misuse abuse and overuse of environmental natural resources has posed a catastrophic situation and the entire globe is facing natural disasters of one sort or other Global warming and climate change are the immediate issues now all nation states are pondering over The text is supported by different relevant statutes and judgements As such this has become a handbook of reliable reference to one and the all concerned academics professionals and environmental and human rights activists etc Jacket 264 pp.…