ELEMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OPERATION IN INDIA PAKISTAN RELATIONS: AN APPRAISAL

Author Name: 1. Sumit Gupta 2. Dr.Vinod Kumar Singh

Volume/Issue: 02/08

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/02.2022-87279418/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Senior Research Fellow, Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, India
2. Professor, Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, India

ABSTRACT

The environment and the availability of resources to sustain it are central to the concept of a state. If one looks back to history, it seems like a united India was also a result of these. As partition took place, too many issues rose and became points of conflict. Of these issues, border settlement, population transfer with their assets, amalgamation of local princely states, etc., are major issues, but environmental issues are the most prominent. As environmental concerns are simultaneously related to the livelihood and well-being of people, these environmental issues have been ignored since partition and can be a cause of war or conflict between two nations, like the Bolivian water war, etc. This paper aims to highlight the experiences and opportunities for environmental cooperation in the peace process between India and Pakistan. In this order, this paper examines the elements of environmental cooperation in India-Pakistan relations. This segment of research is important to some cores as, first, it shares common interests in sustainability and security between two nations; second, it attempts to mitigate the environmental stress between the two nations; and third, it suggests the path for peace and stability in the region along with the prosperity of the citizens of the nations.

Key words: Environmental Co operation, India- Pakistan Relations, Peace process