Environmental Pollution and Conservation

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

Objectives

The course Objectives to provide students with a basic understanding of:

  1. Global environment, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere
  2. Natural resources and their Management
  3. Environmental pollution
  4. Greenhouse effect, Ozone layer Depletion, El Nino and La Nina Effects
  5. Radiation and Environment:
  6. Basic concepts of Bioaccumulation, Biomagnifications, Biodegradation of pollutants.
  7. Wild Life Conservation, Biodiversity hotspots
  8. Problems and the solutions of urbanization

 

Learning Outcomes-

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

 

  1. Understand about Global environment, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere
  2. Describe Natural resources and will be able to understand their Management
  3. Describe causes of Environmental pollution and preventive measures
  4. Describe Greenhouse effect, Ozone layer Depletion, El Nino and La Nina Effects
  5. Describe the effect of Radiation  on Environment
  6. Describe Basic concepts of Bioaccumulation, Biomagnifications, Biodegradation of pollutants.
  7. Describe Wild Life Conservation, Biodiversity hotspots etc.
  8. Describe the Problems and the solutions of urbanization

 

 

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)

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 householdpollutants.

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: 

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
  • Essential Environmental Studies by S. P. Misra, S. N. Pandey Ane books India

 

 

References: 

Suggested Readings:

  • Environmental science-S.C. Santra, New Central Book Agency.
  • Soil and the Environment: An introduction Alanwild, Cambridge press.
Academic Year: 
2019-2020
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