ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION

Paper Code: 
ZOL-612
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
9.00

Environment and its concepts

  • Global environment.
  •  Hydrosphere.
  •  Lithosphere.
  • Atmosphere
  •  Biosphere

Natural resources: Present status and future needs.

Management of natural resources: Renewable (Forests, Water) and Nonrenewable (Water, soil, minerals and energy)

9.00

Environmental pollution I:

  • General outline and various types of pollutants.
  • A detailed account of pollution of water, air and soil

Environment pollution II:

Sources and remedies for thermal, noise, industrial chemicals, agrochemicals. insecticides and pesticides and household pollutants

Pollution control strategies

9.00

Greenhouse effect.

 Ozone layer Depletion.

El Nino and La Nina Effects

Radiation and Environment:

  • Types of Radiation.
  • Sources of Radiation pollution
  • Fall out.
  • Effects of Radiation.
  • Nuclear Accident

Basic concepts of Bioaccumulation, Biomagnifications, Biodegradation of pollutants

9.00

Wild Life Conservation: Vanishing and threatened animals and plants with special reference to Rajasthan.

Biodiversity hotspots and mega diversity countries; Biodiversity Act; Biopiracy

 Wildlife management, conservation of renewable resources

9.00

Problems and the solutions of urbanization:

  • Brief idea of Human Population with special reference to India and Rajasthan
Essential Readings: 
  • Fundamentals of ecology; Odum, E.P.; W.B.Saunders, New Delhi.
  • Environmental Biology; Verma P.S. & Agarwal U.K; S. Chand &Co. NewDelhi
  • Environmental science-S.C. Santra, New Central Book Agency.
  • Soil and the Environment: An introduction Alanwild, Cambridge press.
Academic Year: 
2016-2017
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