Environmental

Science
Introduction
 Environmental
O Basic Concepts
O The Environment
O The universe and the world
O Biotic and abiotic Environment
 Environment
O Surroundings of an organism living in its
natural habitat
O Physical, mental and spiritual conditions
O Tides – Water (75%)
Classification of Environment
O Physical or Abiotic
O It consists of physical factors Land (minerals,
toxic elements, nutrients), sky (sink of various
things, noise) and air (useful and other gases).
Anciently, we have realized this combination as
“ Ksiti (Earth), Jal (Water), Pavak (Fire), Gagan
(Sky), Sameera (Air): the five basic elements
(Panch Tatva) which influence life.
Classification of Environment
O Living or Biotic
O It consists of plants, animals (including human beings) and
micro-organisms.
O All these constituents of environment are referred to as the
environmental factors or an ecological factor, which is
defined as an ecological condition, which directly or
indirectly affects the life of an organism. These biotic and
abiotic components are in a dynamic state
O i.e. they constantly depend and affect each other and cannot
be dealt in isolation with each other.
O This is the fundamental of Environmental Science or
Engineering
Classification of Environment
O Living or Biotic
O Wherever we have not considered this
interdependence and interrelation, knowingly
O or unknowingly, we have destroyed the very
structure of a factor. This not-thoughtful
O use of a resource, dealt in isolation, pollutes the
other environmental factor, which in
O turn affects the polluting one, as all of them are
interrelated and interdependent. This
O is the fundamental of environmental pollution.
 ADVERSE EFFECTS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
O Climate Change
O Global Warming
O Difference between the two
 Control Structure
O Increase of human population
O Reduction in consumption of the limited
resources
O Use of fossil fuel for the production of
electricity
 Environmental Act and its
Regulation
O International Concern for Environment
O Environmental Protection Laws in India
 International Concern for
Environment
O The international concern for environment was first immerged in the United
Nations Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm in June 1972
where a declaration was made that
O (i) Man has the fundamental right to freedom, equality and adequate conditions of
life in an environment of quality that permits a life of dignity and well being.
O (ii) Man bears a solemn responsibility to protect and improve the environment for
present and future generations.
O This declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in
December 1972 and June 5 was declared as the World Environment Day.
O The conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe on August 1, 1975,
announced that “Environmental protection was important both for the well
being of the people and economic progress of the country”.
O An international conference on environmental education was held at New
Delhi in Dec. 1982 stressing the need of formal and informal environmental
education right from childhood.
Environmental Protection Laws in
India
O The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
O The Water (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act. 1974
O The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution)
Act. 1981
O The Environment (Protection) Act. 1986
O The Motor Vehicles Act. 1988
 Assignment
O With facts gathered, state some information
about the truth in the state of our environment
O State the laws in the Philippines concerning
our environment
O Define its function and implementation
O Give organizations either government or non-
government that concerns our environment in
the Philippines
 The End
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