ABSTRACT
The earth and its inhabitants are facing a crisis of an unprecedented scale. Survival no longer depends only upon political stability and the control of means of mass destruction; it is now also dependent upon our ability to restore a balanced biosphere and ecosystems. The list of environmental perils is familiar: ozone depletion, climate change, desertification, deforestation, air pollution and acidification, toxic waste, water pollution, exhaustion of non-renewable resources, loss of biodiversity, species extinction. The list is not exhaustive. However, all these and other environmental problems are interrelated and cannot be dealt with in isolation from each other. Nor do they obey national boundaries. The environmental crisis is global in nature, thus requiring global strategies for its solution.
