This book spells out the implicit linkage between environment and environmenta practices. It discusses the decision making process, coordinating bodies, legislations, policy initiatives, programmes/projects/schemes, international cooperation, status, challenges, capacity buidling, education, training and awareness generation,research-development technologies, source of finance. The book covers commerce, trade, cooperation, environment, agriculture, bio-technology, industry, transport, railways, roads, national highways, civil aviation, energy, tourism, atmosphere, environment and forest, biodiversity, besides this, the book includes social aspects of sustainable development such as poverty, demographics, health, education, human settlement, children youth, non-governmental organizations, local authorities, workers and trade unions, business and industry, scientific and technical community, information and international law. About Author : Prof. A.K. Shrivastava is chairman of the Council for Training and Research in Ecology and Environment, New Delhi.The CTREE, founded by Prof., Shrivastava, structured "Environment Auditing/Environemtn Impact Assessment in a course frame, for the first time in India. The course was inaugurated in the year '98 by the then Minister of Environment & Forests, Government of India Sri Suresh Prabhu.Under the Academic guidance of Prof. Shrivastava, more than one hundred and sixty participants were imparted short tern training programme in the stream of Environment Auditing and Environment Impact Assessment, among those corporate executives environmental scientists and engineers, corporate bodies, senior forest officers and agriculturists can be underlined. Contents : IntroductionEconomic Development Activities under UN ProgrammesLocal Economic DevelopmentLessons LearnedEconomic Aspects of Sustainable Development in IndiaSocial Aspects of Sustainable Development in IndiaSciences: Environment: Global change: Acitivists and NGOsAgriculture and BiotechnologyEnergy and Climate ChangeGlobalizationDeplection of Drinking Water: A Case Study of Coca-cola