Environmental Science and Wildlife Management

Paper Code: 
ZOL 224
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

ZOL 224

 

Environmental Science & Wildlife Management

Students will –

CO48: Develop an understanding of the environmental problems involving interaction of humans and natural systems at local or global level.

CO49: Analyze the concept of Environment, the occurrence of biogeochemical cycles.

CO50: Appraise the importance of Natural resources and their Management

CO51: Evaluate the impact of Environmental pollution, Greenhouse effect, Ozone layer Depletion, El Nino and La Nina Effects

CO52: Differentiate and evaluate wildlife conservation, strategies and government’s role in it.

 

Approach in teaching:

Guest Lectures, Discussion, Reading assignments, videos and PowerPoint presentations

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test

Semester end examinations

Quiz

Assignments

Presentation

Open book test

 

10.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I

Population ecology

  • Characteristics
  • Population growth curves
  • Factors affecting population growth
  • Population regulation Biogeochemical cycles(C,O,N,P,S)
14.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II
  • Environmental Pollution –Air, Water, Soil, Noise and Radioactive. Green House Effect.
  • Concept of Sustainable development
12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III
  • Principles of conservation
  • Water conservation- Rain water harvesting (Rural and Urban Methods
  • Soil conservation
  • Biological indicators and their role in environmental monitoring
12.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV

Wildlife Management:

  • Definition
  • Zoogeography of India and world with reference to reptiles, birds and mammals
  • Reasons for conservation and destruction of wildlife
  • Value of wildlife in modern civilization Conservation
  • Remote sensing in conservation of forest and wildlife
  • Radio telemetry in wildlife management
12.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V
  • Habitat diversity- Genetic, Species and Community diversity. Habit analysis: Quadrants, Transects and Grids.
  • Indian Wildlife Sanctuaries National Parks and Biosphere Reserves(State wise location, Definition and Differences)
  • Wildlife (Protection Act) of1972
  • IUCN and Red data book (Indian species at risk- Endangered, vulnerable, Threatened, Rare and Intermediate .
  • CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)Appendices I &II
Essential Readings: 
ESSENTIAL READINGS: 
  • Principles of Wildlife management; James, A. Bailey; John Wiley & sons
  • Introduction to Instrumental analysis; Robert Braun: Mc –Graw hill, International eds.
  • Environmental Science, Santra S.C., New Central Book Agency Pvt Ltd., Kolkata
  • Environmental Science, Cunningham andSaigo
SUGGESTED READING:
Environmental Biotechnology, Basic concepts and application,Thakur I.S.,IK InternationalPvt.Ltd.
Fundamentals of ecology; Odum.E.P.;W.B.Saunders, NewDelhi.
Environmental management; Sandhu, D; India Environment society, NewDelhi
 
 
E-RESOURCES:
 
JOURNALS:
 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 
Journal of Environmental Sciences
Bioremediation Journal
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

 

Academic Year: