This book explains how to protect the environment while exploiting country’s noon-renewable natural resources like the minerals for the overall economic development of the country. It gives a vivid account of the most critical seven components of the environment—air environment, noise environment, water environment, land environment, biological environment, socio-economic environment, and health environment.

Analyzing the impact of mining on the environment, it presents the effective mitigating measures to counter the adverse impact. It also highlights the two most critical ills, that is, lack of clear policy prescription and the menace of corruption and advocates the cause of good governance as a panacea for these ills.