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Environment - A multidisciplinary theme.

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  Everything that surrounds and affects living organisms is environment. 'Environment'  springs  from the French word Environner,  which suggests  to encircle or surround. All the biological and non-biological entities surrounding us are included in environment. As per the definition given in Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, environment includes all the physical and biological surroundings of an organism  together with  their interactions. Environment is thus defined as "the  sum  of water, air and land  and therefore the  inter-relationships that exist among them and with the  people in general , other living organisms and materials ". At  the identical  time we too have an influence on  the environment  by overuse or over-exploitation of resources or by discharge of pollutants  within the  air, water and land. The flora, fauna and micro-organisms  further   because the  man-made structures in our surroundings have a bi-directional interaction with us directly