Development vs.

Environment

Ayush Yadav, Siddhanth Pandey*

*Semester IV, Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Abstract

Environment is what we see, feel and live in and around us whereas the
development is the modification done to the circumstantial state of the environment to
uplift/automate the nature widespread around us to aid life to get easy but not always
better.

Today’s dilemma for everyone is that how we can generate power/electricity,

run motors, built houses, dams, bridges, mines, refineries etc keeping the land green
and forestry alive with resources that can be renewed. Sense of responsibility along
with sound adaptability to live and let live attitude can only enlighten this quandary.

“Can we build a house keeping the nest safe?”

Yes, we can for E.g. – A famous analogy “REDUCE, REUSE and

RECYCLE” of non-renewable, renewable and scarce resources respectively can make
things eco- friendly, as small steps do have a profound impact-and the sooner we
realize this, the better it will be for our Earth and our future generations.

Development and Environment are closely related concerns and has a direct
impact on each other. Today the civil society needs them to impact themselves
together in growth instead of one at the cost of other. In this context the author intends
to take in hand the very important dimension of directly proportional relationship
between Development and Environment i.e. – the Growth and Prosperity along with
breathing surroundings.

In this context it has been rightly said by the Father of the Nation, India that, “the
earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not for every man’s
greed”.

As per Matt Rosenberg, 6.8 billion populations across globe in 2011 hinders
growth and development and harm environment with greatest pace. The biggest
challenge to the development is keeping the environment safe along with providing
food, clothing and shelter to one and all with promise to eradicate poverty in third
world nations so that the environment is insured from all fronts.

A crucial measure of comparative advantage of geography in terms of

irrigation, farming, mining, etc can serve as a strong option to provide support to the
surroundings in development keeping the ecology balanced. It is only possible with
collaborative and cooperative endeavour of human on earth ignoring the region,
religion or boundary. So we must take steps to conserve the nature as it is rightly said
that anything in his world does not come for granted priceless, some monetary others
non monetary.
 In our view, although the issue has gained more importance in today’s grave
scenario, environment conservation is still a neglected sector, with excessive
emphasis on ‘growth’ in terms of numbers, without focusing on ‘development’ in
terms of quality. Improper implementation of policies, coupled with indifferent
attitudes of authorities has accentuated the ineffectiveness of environment strategy in
global arena.