Environment Courts and Best Practices of Tourism and Environment
Contents: Preface. I. Environment courts law commission report: 1. Introduction. 2. Uncertainty of science and problems of environmental courts. 3. The constitutional mandate and survey of Supreme Court’s judgments on environmental issues. 4. Environmental courts in other countries. 5. Environmental courts or appellate environment bodies in India as at present. 6. Two other statutory environmental tribunals and defects therein. 7. Can a law made by Parliament under art. 252 (like the water ( P and CP) Act, 1974) be amended by Parliament under a Law made under art, 253? What is the purpose of art. 247. 8. Environmental courts to follow certain fundamental principles. 9. Proposals for environmental courts in India. 10. Recommendations.
II. Best practices in tourism and environment: Fundamentals of ecology. 12. Functions and management of ecosystem. 13. Pollutions. 14. Ecological footprints. 15. Relationships between ecology and tourism. 16. Ecotourism an alternative to mass tourism. 17. Fundamentals of ecotourism. 18. Western views of ecotourism. 19. Ecotourism activities and impacts. 20. Ecotourism guidelines. 21. Alternative and responsible tourism. 22. Sustainable ecotourism. 23. Ecotourism policy and planning. 24. Carrying capacity for ecotourism. 25. Ecotourism programming. 26. Ecotourism: trends issues and challenges. 27. Community participation in ecotourism. 28. Ecotourism in protected areas. 29. Ecotourism projects in biosphere reserve. 30. Ecotourism projects in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. 31. Role of international agencies. 32. Role of national agencies. 33. The international ecotourism society. Bibliography. Index.
Environmental Law in India is growing year by year new dimensions of legal control are added and new challenges are opened up before courts. There have been significant changes in the law and jurisprudence relating to environment in India. Formulation of management strategies in India. Formualtion of management strategies in lieu of policing technique is evident in some of the legislative and quasi-legislative measures in the realm of environmental protection. The right to a healthy environment under article 21 of the Constitution of India, the mandate on state and the citizen to protect and improve the environment and the emphasis on the concept of sustainable development continue to have their sway in judicial review of environmental decision making. (jacket)
