Environmental Pollution And Conservation

Paper Code: 
ZOL 612
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
9.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I :

Environment and its concepts

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

Natural resources: Present status and future needs.

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

9.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II :

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
Unit III: 
UNIT III

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, Biomagnification, Biodegradation of pollutants.

9.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV

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

Biodiversity hotspots and megadiversity countries; Biodiversity Act; Biopiracy

 Wildlife management, conservation of renewable resources

9.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V

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: 
2017-2018
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