This book on environment is the outcome of the author's working in various fields of human settlement. In introduction the great environmentalist Shri Sunder Lal Bahuguna's contribution is highlighted. The Conservation part relates to Ridges, River, Forests, monuments, wildlife and habitation. The Management part deals with crucial issues of pollution, marine pollution, water resources, deforestation, energy conservation, tourism and wild life. In the rural environment is described the rural issues. The new phase talks about technology development, prescription of syllabus of environment, Mohan's concept, the urban development and conclusion. The book will be helpful to one and each concerned with philosophy of environment.

Agricultural development has long been seen as an important factor in the development process. The development literature now contains a dozen or so models of early economic growth. Agricultural policy is a major concern of most governments. Developing countries want more output to feed a growing population and even faster growing industrial work force. Developed countries seem most concerned with keeping agricultural prices constant. These objectives have been used to justify many forms of government intervention in national and international agricultural markets. Implicit in these interventionist policies is the view that the market system, by itself, cannot be trusted to regulate the production and the distribution of food for such vital matters the invisible hand is too unfair in its dealings and too erratic in its motions, especially in view of sharp year to year variations that the vagaries of the weather and other factors outside the range of human control can provoke in the world agricultural output.

The Royal Commission on agriculture was appointed in 1926 to examine the condition of agriculture and rural development in India. The valuable studies carried out by that commission resulted in its commendable recommendations, some of which hold good even today. During the last half century the country has witnessed considerable changes in agricultural condition which have a far-reaching impact on the economic situation in the country. It is being increasingly realized that the problem of agriculture and rural development, is the problem of developing and utilizing human resources. The development and utilisation of the human resources implies ensuring all the people of the right kind of nutritious foods appropriate health services and facilities for acquiring the needed knowledge and skill. Every individual in the country will have to be provided with adequate opportunity to acquire the appropriate knowledge, sill and aptitude to enable him to lead a healthy and purposeful life and also to contribute to the social and economic development of the country. The human resource of our country is vast numerically. This resource is required to be developed qualitatively and utilized. Development, therefore, has to concern itself with the development of the whole person and all persons. Human resource development is, therefore, considered as the key to agriculture and rural development.

The main bottlenecks in Indian agriculture are in adequate financial support for agricultural and rural development programmes and out-moved administrative procedures. Unless these bottlenecks are cleared no amount of training in planning, management and administration will solve the riddle of agricultural development in India.

Unnecessary and unwise encroachment on nature, excessive exploitation of natural resources, scientific advancement and resultant refuge, fumigation and noise have totally polluted the entire environment on the earth. Greenhouse effect, ozone layer depletion, Bhopal gas tragedy, Minamata Bay incident, Chernobyl disaster and like many more incidents has alarmed the situation. The pollution state of various resources has deteriorated to such an extent that survival of human life is at stake. Various species of fauna and flora are either vanished from the face of earth or are at the brink of extinction. The ever increasing pressure of population and misuse and overuse of natural resources is deteriorating environmental conditions. On one hand the advancement of science and technology have added to the human comforts by giving us automobiles, electrical appliances, supersonic jet, space crafts, better medicines, better chemicals to control harmful insects and pests etc., but, on the other hand, these have caused very serious problems of environmental pollution. Hence arises the need of creating wide awareness about pollution control, and study-in-depth the root causes at micro and macro level. The findings of various researches on this crucial issue covering all aspects of environment are incorporated in this work. Here, we are presenting the Encyclopaedia of Environmental Pollution and Awareness in 21st Century in fifty volumes with a view to make people conscious about the seriousness of environmental pollution in the present time and suggesting remedies. Some of the salient features of this magnum opus, which incorporates the latest information and research findings on the theme concerned are as follows :

. Agricultural Pollution . Air and Applicable Laws . Air Pollution . Basic Laws on Environment . Biodiversity . Biotechnology and Pollution Control . Classification of Pollution . Community Ecology . Eco Social Issues . Energy Resources . Environmental Analysis . Environmental Awareness , Training and Education . Environmental Impact Assessment . Environmental Management . Environmental Pollution . Environmental Protection and Law . Forestry and Forest Resources . Genetic Species and Ecosystem Diversity . Global Commons . Global Environmental Issues . Health and Environment . Himalayan Ecology . International Laws on Biodiversity . Introduction to Ecology and Environment . Land and Freshwater . Laws on Forests . Laws on Nuclear Issues . Major Ecosystems of the World . Marine Ecology and Pollution . Natural Environment . Natural Resources Conservation . Environmental Noise Pollution . Oceanographic Environment . People and Environment . Pollution Monitoring and Control . Population and Community Ecology . Population and the Environment . Population Ecology . Prevention and Control of Pollution . Principles of Pollution Control . Radiation and Thermal Pollution . Research Methodology and Systems Analysis . Solid Waste Management . India's Environment . Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals . Water Pollution . Wildlife and Applicable Laws . World Environment