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The very problems of our 'Mother Earth' are multidimensional covering a very broad canvas. Such problems are spread over multicultural--crossing across the national boundaries. In true sense, maladies of our 'Mother Earth' are actually global. Hence, it has to be viewed and nurtured accordingly. Its problems and their concomitant consequences are to be mitigated very cautious way. Entire perspectives are to be examined globally. Real solutions to all these issues are to be tackled locally. Here, the principle of 'Think Globally and Act Locally' would be the real answer. The entire book covering three interrelated parts have dealt the overall environmental issues from global perspectives and ultimately drawn ameliorative/corrective measures with Indian scenarios in particular.

Contents: Part A: Environmental Concern: 1. Mother earth. 2. Air pollution. 3. Hydrosphere. 4. Lithosphere. 5. Biosphere. 6. Noise pollution. 7. Population and natural resources. 8. Energy and environment. 9. Environmental education and movements. Part B: Agriculture: 10. Agriculture. 11. Land-based agro-enterprises. 12. Technology based farming. 13. Ecosystems. 14. Eco-friendly technologies. 15. Natural resources. 16. Agriculture and human rights (HRS). 17. Man in environment, conservation of environment and futuristic outlook. Part C: Appendix: 1. Flow chart of agriculture as an enterprise. 2. Origin of life. 3. Time scale of evolution, nuclear power plant in the sky. 4. World population growth: economical, ecological and technological dimensions. 5. Cultural and eco-history of human. 6. Global biodiversity. 7. Preserving biodiversity by preserving natural areas. 8. Increasing the effective use of biodiversity in agriculture. 9. Threatened ecosystem. 10. Some endangered flora and fauna of the world. 11. Philosophy of contemporary society: living with contradictions (paired sets). 12. Environmental legislations. 13. Kyoto protocol. 14. Montreal protocol. 15. Rio declaration or earth charter. 16. Stockholm declaration 1972. Bibliography. Subject Index.