Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Environmental Laws > Sustainable Development > Precautionary Principle Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration, 1992 declares “Where there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation.” The Precautionary Principle […]
Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Environmental Laws > Sustainable Development > Rio Declaration Twenty years after Stockholm, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development was held in Rio de Janeiro from 3rd to 14th June 1992 with the goal of establishing a new and equitable global partnership through the creation of new […]
Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Environmental Laws > Sustainable Development > Meaning of Sustainable Development Man is both creature and moulder of his environment, which gives him physical sustenance and affords him the opportunity for intellectual, moral, social and spiritual growth. In the long and tortuous evolution of the human race on this […]