NCERT Book Class 12 Political Science (Contemporary World Politics) Chapter 6 Environment and Natural Resources

Cha p ter 6
Environm ent a nd
Na tura l Resourc es

Overview
This chapter examines the growing
significance of environmental as
well as resource issues in world
politics. It analyses in a comparative
perspective some of the important
environmental movements against
the backdrop of the rising profile of
environmentalism from the 1960s
onwar ds. Notions of common
property resources and the global
commons too are assessed. We
also discuss, in brief, the stand
taken by India in more recent
environmental debates. Next follows The 1992 Ea rth Sum m it ha s b roug ht environm enta l issues to
the c entre-sta g e of g lob a l p olitic s. The p ic tures a b ove show
a brief account of the geopolitics of
ra inforest a nd m a ng roves.
resource competition. We conclude
by taking note of the indigenous
peoples’ voices and concerns from
the margins of contemporary world
politics.