Units | Chapters |
Biodiversity | Concept of Value and Biodiversity |
Levels of biodiversity species, eco, and genetic |
Balance in nature |
Biodiversity for sustenance of mankind |
Resource limitation |
Ecological role of biodiversity |
Interdependence among different species |
India as a mega diversity nation |
Economic potential of biodiversity |
Loss of biodiversity-threatened, endangered, and extinct |
Strategies for conservation of biodiversity in situ and ex situ |
Mitigating the people-wildlife conflict |
Environmental Management | Need for environment management vis-a-vis development |
Aspects of environmental management-ethical, economic, technological, and social |
Legal provisions of environmental management |
Approaches for environmental management- economic policies, environmental indicators, setting of standards, information exchange and surveillance |
Problem of stubble and its management |
Sustainable Development | Concept of sustainable development |
Concept of sustainable consumption |
Need for sustainable development for improving the quality of life for the present and the future |
Challenges for sustainable development-political and administrative will, dynamic and flexible polices, appropriate technologies, comprehensive review and revision mechanism, human approach |
Development of skilled manpower |
Role of individual and community |
Role of national and international agencies( both governmental and non- governmental) |
Sustainable Agriculture | Need for sustainable agriculture |
Green revolution-impact on environment |
Importance of soil for crops, Irrigation systems, use of manure and fertilizers |
Crop protection-major plant pests and diseases (wheat, rice, cotton, sugarcane, potato), measures for their control agrochemicals |
Impact of agrochemicals on environment |
Elements of sustainable agriculture-mixed farming, mixed cropping, crop rotation, biological and economic consideration, use of biofertilizers and bio pesticides, biological pest control, integrated pest management |
Application of biotechnology in crop improvement |
Management of agricultural produces- storage, preservation, transportation and processing |
Environmental Actions | Meeting basic human need, food, water, shelter and fuel for all |
Population control |
Changing consumption patterns |
Prevention and control of environmental pollution |
Waste management- reduce, reuse and recycle |
Community movement for ecological restoration and conservation of environment like joint forest Management (JFM),student's participation in tree rearing, social and agro- forestry |
Drugs-ill effects(Part-II) Consequences of use of different drugs, The narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances Act-1985 offences as penalties |