Environmental Science & Wildlife Management

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

Objectives

The course objective is to provide students with a basic understanding of:

  1. Environment and its biotic, abiotic factors,Characteristics of Population and Community, Global environment, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere
  2. Natural resources and their Management, Environmental pollution, Greenhouse effect, Ozone layer Depletion, El Nino and La Nina Effects
  3. Radiation and Environment, Wild Life Conservation, Biodiversity hotspots

 

Learning Outcomes-

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

 

  1. Describe Environment and its biotic, abiotic factors,Characteristics of Population and Community, Global environment, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere
  2. Describe the Natural resources and their Management, Environmental pollution, Greenhouse effect, Ozone layer Depletion, El Nino and La Nina Effects
  3. Describe the Radiation and Environment, Wild Life Conservation, Biodiversity hotspots
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
  • 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: 
  • Environmental Biotechnology, Basic concepts and application ,Thakur I.S.,I K International Pvt.Ltd.
  • Fundamentals of ecology; Odum.E.P.; W.B.Saunders, New Delhi.
  • Environmental management; Sandhu, D; India Environment society, New Delhi
References: 
  • 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 and Saigo
Academic Year: 
2019-2020
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