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The PGDEL has been provided continuously since 2000. It provides expertise in the law relating to the environment and the ecological, socio-economic, scientific and administrative issues that inform its application.

The PGDEL is tailored to aid the knowledge and career progression of lawyers, activists, academics, adjudicators, researchers and administrators interested in building a more ecologically and socially conscious milieu.

This paper introduces the student to legal thinking and reasoning, and to legal systems, with a particular focus on Indian law and the Indian legal system. Those students who are from a non-law background would find this course particularly helpful.

Module I: Introduction Module II: Right To Environment – A Basic Human Right: A Constitutional Law Perspective Module III: Environmental Principles of Governance Module IV: Traditional, Common and Criminal Law Remedies for Environmental Protection Module V: Environmental Justice: Role & Policy Module VI: Water Pollution and Control Laws Module VII: Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 Module VIII: Law Relating To Waste Management

Module I: Customary International Law and Environmental Summits Module II: Common Heritage: Oceans and Seas Module III: Biodiversity and Species Conservation Module IV: Eco System and Conservation Module V: Common Concerns: Ozone and Climate Change Module VI: Trade and Waste Management Regime Module VII: International Principles for Conservation and Protection of Environment Module VIII: International Legal Developments on Sharing Natural Resources, Environmental Ability Regime and Environmental Conflict Resolution

Module I: Common Property Resources and the Law (Including Watersheds) Module II: Environmental Safeguards Relating to Development Module III: Forest Management & Conservation: Law & Policy Module IV: Law Relating to Wildlife: Strategy & Protection Module V: Law Relating To Biodiversity and Its Interface with Intellectual Property Rights Module VI: Land Conservation and Management Module VII: Law Relating To Forest Management in India Module VIII: Environmental Decision Making Process in India

Please note the following information regarding eligibility and the mode of applying for this programme.