Subject(s): Disaster management -- Pollution -- Environmental protection -- Development of environmental jurisprudence : Basic environmental protection laws, sustainable development, public trust doctrine, absolute liability of polluter, reversal of burden of proof, significance of public intrest letigation, enviornmental impact assessment, commitments under international law -- Dealing with different kinds of pollution - law and policy : Pollutants in air, defilement of fresh water bodies, marine pollution, degradation of land and forests, endangered wildlife, safe disposal of waste, relevance of law on public nuisance -- Environment and tasks ahead : Challenge of climate change, need for environmental courts, enforcing polluter pays principles- environmental tax, disaster management and rehabilitation