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Environmental pollution and Conservation
Paper Code:
ZOL-612
Credits:
3
Contact Hours:
45.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to -
1. Understand about Global environment, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere 2. Aware of Natural resources and their Management
3. Surmise the causes of Environmental pollution and preventive measures
4. Familiarize the Greenhouse effect, Ozone layer Depletion, El Nino and La Nina Effects
5. Gain knowledge about the effect of Radiation on Environment
6. Describe Basic concepts of Bioaccumulation, Biomagnifications, and Biodegradation of pollutants.
7. Discuss WildLife Conservation, Biodiversity hotspots etc.
8. Explore the Problems and the solutions of urbanization
Course Outcomes (COs):
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, 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, chemical, agrochemical. 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, Biomagnifications, Biodegradation of pollutants
9.00
Unit IV:
UNIT IV:
● Wildlife Management and Conservation:
● Definition
● Reasons for conservation and destruction of wildlife
● Value of wildlife in modern civilization
● Biodiversity hotspots and Megadiversity countries; Biodiversity Acts; Biopiracy
9.00
Unit V:
UNIT V:
● International efforts for conservation of Biodiversity: CITES (Convention on international trade in endangered species)Appendices I &II
● Convention on Biological Diversity(CBD)
● Red Data Book:Indian species at risk- endangered , vulnerable, rare and intermediate
● IUCN
Essential Readings:
● P.D. Sharma, Ecology & Environment Rastogi Publications.
● Biostatistics; Gupta, S.P. Sultan Chand &Co.
● SUGGESTED READINGS:
● Fundamentals of ecology; Odum, E.P.; W.B.Saunders, New Delhi.
● Ecology. Gary Miller, Robert, E. Riclefs. W.H. Freeman, USA.
● Elements of Ecology, 5 Ed Robert Leo Smith et al. Harper Collins.
● Environmental Biology (Cambridge Advanced Sciences) Michael Reiss.
References:
SUGGESTED READINGS:
● Ladern,D. Modelling in Behavioural Ecology.
● The Encyclopedia of Animal Ecology, P.D. Moore (Ed), Equinox (Oxford) Ltd., England.
● Ecology and Field Biology, Robert L Smith, Harper CollinsPub, New York.
● Textbook of Ecology, G.T. Miller and S. Spoolman, Brookes Cole, England.
● Bencroft, H. Introduction to Biostatistics Harper and Row. New York, 1957.
● Bailey, N.T.J. Statistical method in Biology Low Priced Text Book English Language Society, London, 1959.
● Dunn. O J., Basic Statistics: A Primer for Biomedical Science John Wiley & Sons. Inc. New York, 1964.
e-RESOURCES:
e-JOURNALS:
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
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