Environmental Issues

by Mark Manuel

There has been a marked increase of interest in environmental issues over the past couple of decades. Certain environments, such as National Parks, have captured our imagination for much longer. However, we have not been good at recognising the importance of those aspects of the environment with which we are very familiar such as our waterways, water catchment basins, our soils, our atmosphere, and our oceans. Concern for the environment becomes an issue when some activity provides a potential conflict with the ongoing health of the environment or different groups hold opposing views about what is best for the environment and those who use it. Environmental Issues encourages students to investigate environmental issues fully before making decisions about the best action to take. It encourages understanding of how an issue arises and how it was or could be resolved so that the interests of all involved are properly considered.

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 6, 1999

About the author

Mark Manuel is a respected Mumbai editor, writer and columnist with over three decades of journalism in leading publications including the Free Press Journal, Bombay Times, Mid-Day, Afternoon and Dainik Bhaskar. He is widely known for his brilliantly penned interviews and contributes frequently to Hindustan Times Brunch and the Huffington Post. He began his career covering crime. And in a tribute to his understanding of this beat, several top cops of the Mumbai Police and its Crime Branch have collaborated with him to make this book possible. Bollywood, the Hindi film industry in Mumbai, has also always been a source of inspiration for his writing.