Role of Community and Environmental Protection Acts
Role of community, women and NGOs in environmental protection, Bioindicators and their role, Natural hazards,
Chemical accidents and disasters risk management, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Salient features of
following Acts: a. Environmental Protection Act, 1986, Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.b. Water (Prevention and control
of pollution) Act, 1974.c. Air (Prevention and control of pollution) Act, 1981. Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.d.
Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017; e. Chemical safety and Disaster Management law. F. District
Environmental Action Plan. Climate action plans.
Course outcome: After completion of this course students will be able to
Understand the basic principles of ecology and environment. Ecosystem: Basic concepts,
components of ecosystem., food chains and food webs. Ecological pyramids
Understand the different types of natural recourses like food, forest, minerals and energy and their
conservation
Understand the importance of biodiversity, Threats of biodiversity and different methods of
biodiversity conservation.
Understand the different types of pollution, pollutants, their sources, effects and their control
methods
Understand the basic concepts of sustainable development, Environmental Impact Assessment
(EIA) and different acts related to environment
1. Brady, N.C. 1990. The nature and properties of Soils, Tenth Edition. Mac Millan Publishing Co., New York.
2. Botkin, D.B and Kodler E.A., 2000, Environmental Studies: The earth as a living planet. John Wiley and Sons Inc.
3. Rao M.N. and H.V.N. Rao, 1989: Air Pollution, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi
4. Singh J.S., Singh S.P. and Gupta S.R., 2006, Ecology Environment and Resource Conservation, Anamaya Publishers,
New Delhi.
5.Environmental Studies -Benny Joseph-Tata McgrawHill-2005
6. Environmental Studies- Dr. D.L. Manjunath, Pearson Education-2006.
7. Environmental studies- R, Rajagopalan -Oxford Pubtiotion2005.
1.Sodhi G.S. 2005, Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry: Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi.
2.Dash, M.C. (1994), Fundamentals of Ecology, Tata Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi.
3. Sharma P. D. (1996). Environmental Biology, Rastogi Publications, Meerut.
4. Verma P.S. and V.K. Agarwal. (1985). Principles of Ecology. S. Chand and Company (Pub.), New Delhi.
5.Principles of Environmental Sciences and Engineering -P. Venugoplan Rao, Prenitice Hall of India.
6. Environmental Science and Engineering Meenakshi, Prentice Hall India.
NPTEL/ Youtube/ Faculty Video Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T21OO0sBBfc,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt8AMjKKPDohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAK-
m91Nxrshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha_O-1uOWkk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brF0RWJyx9w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOwyPENHhbc,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqev1G2iy20,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_74S3z3IO_I, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXVw6M6m2g0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK_vRtHJZu4,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6Ua_zWDH6U,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tgNamjTRkk,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErATB1aMiSU,
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-ecology/hs-human-impact-on-
ecosystems/v/conservation-and-the-race-to-save-biodiversity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qkaz8ChelI,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuQE5fKmfME,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CpAjOVLHII,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEci6iDkXYw,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEci6iDkXYw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad9KhgGw5iA,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW5g83NSH9M,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqSZL4Ka8xo,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAI-hPRoBqs,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-WpeyGlV9Y, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDmtawhADnY