This article explains pollution and water pollution in detail. The marine pollution is of three kinds - the land based, air based and by maritime transportation. The land-based pollutants are industrial wastes from the discharged untreated waters of the industries, fertilizer and pesticide run...

This article starts with the recommendations of UN Economic and Social Council recommendation to have a conference. Accordingly UN General Assembly held a conference on Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972. Prior to the Conference India had Wild Life Protection Act. After the conference...