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Environmental Studies

Semester-I
(Credits -3)
Total - 45 Lectures

Unit 1 Introduction to Environmental Studies (9 lectures)


•Scope and importance.
•Concept of ecology and ecosystem.
•Producers, consumers and decomposers.
•Energy flow in the ecosystem.
•Food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids.
•Concept of population and community ecology.
•Ecological succession.

Unit 2 Natural Resources (9 Lectures)


• Concept of Renewable and Non-renewable resources and their management.
• Land resources and land use change; Land degradation, soil erosion and desertification.
•Mineral resources: Use and exploitation, environmental effects of extracting and using mineral
resources.
•Forest resources: Use and over-exploitation, deforestation: causes, consequences and remedial
measures.
•Water resources: Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water, floods,
droughts, conflicts over water international & inter-state.
•Sustainable development.

Unit 3 Biodiversity and Conservation (9 Lectures)


•Definition of biodiversity
•Levels of biological diversity: Genetic, species and ecosystem diversity.
•Hot spots of biodiversity.
• Endangered and endemic species of India.
•Threats to biodiversity: Habitat loss, poaching, biological invasions.
•Conservation of biodiversity: In-situ and Ex-situ conservation of biodiversity.

Unit 4 Environmental Pollution and Laws (9 Lectures)


•Environmental pollution: Air, water, soil, pollution- causes, effects and controls.
•Concept of hazardous waste and human health risks.
•Climate change, global warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rain
•Environmental Laws: Wildlife Protection Act, Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act,
Forest Conservation Act, Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, Environment Protection
Act, Indian Biodiversity Act.
•International agreements: Montreal Protocol, Kyoto protocol, Paris Agreement , CBD.

Unit 5 Human population and the Environment (9 Lectures)


•Human population growth: Impacts on environment, human health and welfare.
•Protected area network, tribal populations and rights and human wildlife conflicts in Indian
context.
•Disaster management: Floods, earthquakes, cyclones and landslides.
•Environmental movements: Chipko movement, Silent valley movement.
•Environmental ethics: Role of Indian and other religions and cultures in environmental
conservation.
•Role of information technology in environment and human health.
•Environmental communication and public awareness.

Suggested Reading:
Asthana, D. K. (2006).Text Book of Environmental Studies. S. Chand Publishing.
Basu, M., Xavier, S. (2016). Fundamentals of Environmental Studies, Cambridge University
Press, India.
Basu, R. N., (Ed.) (2000). Environment. University of Calcutta, Kolkata.
Bharucha, E. (2013). Textbook of Environmental Studies for Undergraduate Courses.
Universities Press.
De, A.K., (2006). Environmental Chemistry, 6th Edition, New Age International, New Delhi.
Mahapatra, R., Jeevan, S.S., Das, S. (Eds) (2017). Environment Reader for Universities,
Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi.
Masters, G. M., &Ela, W. P. (1991). Introduction to environmental engineering and science.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Odum, E. P., Odum, H. T., & Andrews, J. (1971). Fundamentals of ecology. Philadelphia:
Saunders.
Sharma, P. D., & Sharma, P. D. (2005). Ecology and environment. Rastogi Publications.

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