There is a lot of emphasis on environmental protection in ancient Indian texts. It is said in the Mahabharata and Manu Smriti that a person should adopt the ways that he should not have any suffering and no loss of vegetation. We should not pollute the environment for our own selfishness but rather protect it. In Yajurveda, it has been said that to protect the environment, man should maintain balance between air, water, vegetation and creatures, otherwise it is inevitable to have adverse effects on every living organism, plants and humans.
