Environmental Studies 1st Semester BU BBA SEP Notes

Unit 1 [Book]
Multi-disciplinary Nature of Environmental Studies, Scope and Importance	VIEW
Concept of Sustainability and Sustainable Development	VIEW
SDG Goals	VIEW
Ecosystem, Structure and Function	VIEW
Energy flow in an Ecosystem: Food Chains, Food Webs and Ecological Succession	VIEW
Terrestrial Ecosystems:
Forest Ecosystem	VIEW
Grassland Ecosystem	VIEW
Desert Ecosystem	VIEW
Aquatic ecosystems: Ponds, Streams, Lakes, Rivers, Oceans, Estuaries	VIEW

Unit 2 [Book]
Natural Resources, Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources	VIEW
Land Resources: Land-use and Land cover change, Land Degradation, Soil erosion, and Desertification	VIEW
Forest Resources, Types and Scope	VIEW
Deforestation Causes and impacts due to Mining, Dam building on environment, Forests, Biodiversity, and Tribal Populations	VIEW
Water Recourses: Use and Over-exploitation of Surface and Ground water, Floods, Droughts, Conflicts over water (International and Inter-state)	VIEW
Energy Resources, Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Sources, Use of Alternate Energy Sources, Growing Energy Needs	VIEW
Biodiversity and Conservation	VIEW
Levels of Biological Diversity Genetic, Species and Ecosystem Diversity	VIEW
Biogeographic Zones of India	VIEW
Biodiversity Patterns and Global Biodiversity Hot Spots	VIEW
India as a Mega Biodiversity Nation	VIEW
Endangered and Endemic Species of India	VIEW
Threats to Biodiversity: Habitat Loss, Poaching of Wildlife, Man-wildlife Conflicts	VIEW
Biological Invasions	VIEW
Conservation of Biodiversity: In-situ and Ex-situ Conservation of Biodiversity	VIEW

Unit 3 [Book]
Environmental Pollution, Types, Causes, Effects and Controls	VIEW
Air, Water, Soil and Noise Pollution	VIEW
Nuclear Hazards and Human health Risks	VIEW
Solid Waste	VIEW
Management and Control Measures of Urban and Industrial Waste	VIEW
Environmental Policies and Practices:
Climate Change	VIEW
Global Warming	VIEW
Ozone Layer Depletion	VIEW
Acid Rain and Impacts on Human Communities and Agriculture	VIEW
Environment Laws:
Environment Protection Act	VIEW
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act	VIEW
Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act	VIEW
Wildlife Protection Act	VIEW
Forest Conservation Act	VIEW
International Agreements:
Montreal Protocol	VIEW
Kyoto Protocol	VIEW
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)	VIEW
Nature Reserves	VIEW
Tribal Populations and Rights	VIEW
Human wildlife Conflicts in Indian context	VIEW

Unit 4 [Book]
Human Communities and the Environment:
Human Population Growth Impacts on Environment	VIEW
Human Health and Welfare	VIEW
Resettlement and Rehabilitation of Project affected Persons	VIEW
Disaster Management: Floods, Earthquake, Cyclones and Landslides	VIEW
Chipko Environmental Movements	VIEW
Silent valley Environmental Movements	VIEW
Bishnois of Rajasthan Environmental Movements	VIEW
Environmental ethics: Ecological, Economic, Social, Ethical, Aesthetic and Informational Value	VIEW
Role of Indian and other Religions and Cultures in Environmental Conservation	VIEW
Environmental Communication and Public awareness	VIEW

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