ABSTRACT
Globalization is primarily an economic phenomenon, involving increasing interaction, or integration, of national economic systems through the growth in international trade, investment and capital flows. However, globalization results in a rapid increase in cross-border social, cultural and technological exchange facilitating worldwide communication. As a consequence, it relaxes the control on quantitative restrictions imposed on certain commodities. The forces of globalization entail the free flow of imports and exports among countries, while they compel countries to ignore or weaken the controls that are so essential to protect the environments (Thatheyus and Dhanaseeli, 2003).
