Resources
Environment & Development: Making Sense of Predicament of the Developing Countries
Our only abode – the Earth — is understood to be facing a serious crisis of survival. In the process of evolution, the human race has reached a stage when,armed with the prowess of science and technology, it has considerably transformed our living environment.The mindless ‘developmental’ spree across the globe is now seriously threatening our fragile essential ecological processes. It seems the humankind is facing one of the biggest tests for striking a judicious balance between developmental needs and environmental imperatives.
Making Sense of Post-2012 Climate Change Regulatory Process: Some Reflections
Professor Bharat Desai's presentation - Making Sense of Post-2012 Climate Change Regulatory Process: Some Reflections
Forests, International Protection
The issue of forests is related to the entire range of environmental and development issues, including the right to socio-economic development on a sustainable basis.All types of forests embody complex and unique ecological processes which are the basis for their present and potential capacity to provide resources to satisfy human needs as well as environmental values, and as such their sound management and conservation is of international concern for the protection and preservation of environment.2Forests play an important role in meeting energy requirement
Threats to the World Eco-system: A Role for the Social Scientists
This paper seeks to identify some of the major threats to our fragile eco-system through human actions. We have sought to highlight that since these threats to our composite ecological heritage are global in nature, our responses shall have to be at the global level. We have tried to analyse a role the social scientists can exercise in response to these threats. We have merely shown possible responses within their professional disciplines. Can they play an activist’s role?
Constitution of Viet Nam
This Constitution was unanimously approved by the 8th National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam at its 11th session, sitting of 15 April 1992
Law on the Protection of the Environment
This Law provides for activities, policies, measures and resources for environmental protection, and for rights and obligations of organizations and individuals in environmental protection. The Law consists of 15 Chapters divided into 136 articles.
Law on Environmental Protection Tax
This Decree gives details and guides a number of articles of the Law on Environmental Protection Tax. The Decree provides for taxable objects; tax bases; and tax declaration, calculation, payment and refund.
Law on Biodiversity
Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution 51/2001/QH10 dated on December 25, 2001 of the Xth National Assembly, the 10th session; this Law stipulates biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.
Law on Forest Protection an Development
This Law provides for the management, protection, development and use of forests and rights and obligations of forest owners.
Law on Urban Planning
The Law on Urban Planning enacted by the National Assembly deals with requirements on urban planning as urban extension management or building norms.