SYLLABUSFORENVI

RONMENTALSTUDI
ES
UNI
T:1TheMul
ti
disci
pli
nar
ynat
ureofEnv
ironment
alSt
udi
es

 Def
ini
ti
on,
ScopeandI
mpor
tance.

 Needf
orPubl
i
cAwar
eness

Uni
t:2Nat
ural
Resour
ces,
Renewabl
eandnonr
enewabl
eresour
ces

 Nat
ural
Resour
cesandAssoci
atedPr
obl
ems
a.For
estResources:Useandoverexpl
oit
ation,Def
orest
ati
on,
CaseSt
udi
es,
TimberExt
ract
ion,
Mini
ng,
Damsandt hei
reff
ectsonfor
estandTribalpeopl
e.
b.Wat
erResour
ces:
Useandoveruti
l
izat
ionofsur
faceandgr
oundwat
er,
floods,
drought
,conf
li
ctsov
er
wat
er,
Damsbenefi
tsandpr
oblems
c. Miner
alResour
ces:Useandexpl
oit
ati
on,
Env
ironment
alef
fect
sofext
ract
ingandusi
ngmi
ner
al
r
esources,
casestudi
es.
d.FoodResources:Worl
dFoodPr obl
ems, Changescausedbyagr
icul
tur
eandov ergr
azi
ng,
eff
ect
sof
modernagri
cultur
e,f
ert
il
izer
,pesti
cideprobl
ems,waterl
oggi
ng,sal
i
nit
y,casestudi
es.
e. Ener
gyr
esour
ces:
Growi
ngener
gyneeds,
renewabl
eandnon-
renewabl
eener
gysour
ces.
f
. LandResources:
Landasar
esour
ce,
Landdegr
adat
ion,
mani
nducedl
andsl
i
des,
soi
ler
osi
onand
deser
ti
fi
cati
on.

 Rol
eofI
ndi
vi
dual
inConser
vat
ionofnat
ural
resour
ces.

 Equi
tabl
euseofr
esour
cesf
orsust
ainabl
eli
fest
yles.

Uni
t:
3Ecosyst
ems

 ConceptofanEcosy
stem

 St
ruct
ureandf
unct
ionofanEcosy
stem

 Pr
oducer
s,Consumer
sanddecomposer
s

 Ener
gyf
lowi
ntheEcosy
stem

 Ecol
ogi
cal
successi
on

 FoodChai
ns,
foodwebsandecol
ogi
cal
pyr
ami
ds

 I
ntr
oduct
ion,
types,
char
act
eri
sti
cs,
feat
ures,
str
uct
ureandf
unct
ionoft
hef
oll
owi
ngecosy
stem:
a.For
estEcosy
stem
b.Gr
assl
andEcosy
stem
c. Deser
tEcosy
stem
d.Aquat
icEcosy
stems(
Ponds,
Str
eams,
Lakes,
Riv
ers,
Oceans,
est
uar
ies)

Uni
t:
4Bi
odi
ver
sit
yandi
tsconser
vat
ions

 I
ntr
oduct
ion-Def
ini
ti
on:
Genet
ic,
speci
esandecosy
stem di
ver
sit
y.
  Bi
ogeogr
aphi
cal
classi
fi
cat
ionofI
ndi
a.

 Val
ueofBi
odi
ver
sit
y:consumpt
iveuse,
product
iveuse,
soci
al,
ethi
cal
,aest
het
icandopt
ionv
alues.

 Bi
odi
ver
sit
yofgl
obal
,nat
ural
andl
ocal
lev
els.

 I
ndi
aasamegadi
ver
sit
ynat
ion.

 Hotspot
sofbi
odi
ver
sit
y.

 Thr
eat
sofbi
odi
ver
sit
y:habi
tatl
oss,
poachi
ngofwi
l
dli
fe,
manwi
l
dli
feconf
li
cts.

 Endanger
edandendemi
cspeci
esofI
ndi
a

 Conser
vat
ionofbi
odi
ver
sit
y:I
nsi
tuandExsi
tuconser
vat
ionofbi
odi
ver
sit
y

Uni
t:
5 Envi
ronment
alPol
l
uti
on

 Def
ini
ti
on

 Causes,
eff
ect
sandcont
rol
measur
esof
-
a.Ai
rPol
l
uti
on
b.Wat
erPol
l
uti
on
c. Soi
lPol
l
uti
on
d.Mar
inePol
l
uti
on
e. Noi
sePol
l
uti
on
f
. Ther
mal
Pol
l
uti
on
g.Nucl
earPol
l
uti
on

 Sol
i
dwast
emanagement
:causes,
eff
ect
sandcont
rol
measur
esofUr
banandI
ndust
ri
alWast
es.

 Rol
eofani
ndi
vi
dual
inpr
event
ionofPol
l
uti
on

 Pol
l
uti
oncasest
udi
es

 Di
sast
ermanagement
:fl
oods,
ear
thquake,
cycl
oneandl
andsl
i
des.

Uni
t:6Soci
alI
ssuesandEnv
ironment

 Fr
om Unsust
ainabl
etosust
ainabl
edev
elopment

 Ur
banPr
obl
emsr
elat
edt
oener
gy

 Wat
erconser
vat
ion,
rai
nwat
erhar
vest
ing,
wat
ershedmanagement
.

 Reset
tl
ementandr
ehabi
l
itat
ionofpeopl
e,i
tspr
obl
ems,
andconcer
ncasest
udi
es.

 Env
ironment
alet
hics:
Issuesandpossi
blesol
uti
ons.

 Cl
imatechange,
global
war
ming,
aci
drai
n,ozonel
ayerdepl
eti
on,
nucl
earacci
dent
sandhol
ocaused.
Casestudi
es.

 Wast
elandr
ecl
amat
ion.

 Consumer
ism andwast
epr
oduct
s.
  Env
ironmentpr
otect
ionact
.

 Ai
r(Pr
event
ionandcont
rol
ofPol
l
uti
on)Act

 Wat
er(
Prev
ent
ionandcont
rol
ofPol
l
uti
on)Act

 Wi
l
dli
fepr
otect
ionact

 For
estConser
vat
ionAct
.

 I
ssuesi
nvol
vedi
nenf
orcementofenv
ironment
all
egi
slat
ion.

 Publ
i
cawar
eness.

Uni
t:
7HumanPopul
ati
onandt
heEnv
ironment

 Popul
ati
onGr
owt
h,v
ari
ati
onamongnat
ions.

 Popul
ati
onexpl
osi
on_Fami
l
yWel
far
ePr
ogr
amme

 Env
ironmentandHumanHeal
th.

 HumanRi
ght
s.

 Val
ueeducat
ion

 HI
V/AI
DS

 Womenandchi
dWel
far
e

 Rol
eofI
nfor
mat
ionTechnol
ogyi
nEnv
ironmentandhumanheal
th