Enviromental Management

Paper Code: 
ENV- 224
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
15.00
Unit I: 
Environmental Protection

 

 

  • Provision in Constitution of India regarding Environment (major objectives of Article 48A and 51A)
  • International conventions and treaties

-Montreal protocol 1987

- Basel Convention (1989, 1992)

-Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, 1971

-Stockholm Conference 1972

-The Rio earth summit1992

--Kyoto protocol 1997

  -UN Summit on Millennium Development Goals 2000

-Earth Summit at Johannesburg, 2002

- Copenhagen Summit 2009

15.00
Unit II: 
Environmental Legislations
Salient features, Major objectives and amendments of:
 
  • Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 
  • Water(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
  • Forest Conservation Act, 1980
  • Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 
  • The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
15.00
Unit III: 
Environmental Management System
  •   Benefits, principles and elements of successful environmental management
  •   Key aspects of the international standard ISO 14001
  •    Auditing of EMS
  • · Environmental Labeling

 

15.00
Unit IV: 
Environmental Education

 

 

 

  • Introduction
  • Goals, objectives and guiding principles
  • Classification of environmental education programmes
  •  Environmental education in India
  •  Ecotourism and impact of tourism on environment
15.00
Unit V: 
Environmental Problems

 

  • Ecopolitics, Carbon credits, Biopiracy, Bioterrorism
  • Developmental projects and Environmental issues (Dams, urban settlements and industrialization) with examples from India
Essential Readings: 
  1. Arif, N. (1996) International Environmental Laws, New Delhi: Lancers Books.
  2.  Birnie, P.W., and Boyle, Alan E. (1994) International Law and Environment, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. Lang, Winfried (Ed.) (1995) Sustainable Development and International Law, London: Grahm and Tort.
  4. Khanna, Gopesh Nath (1990) Environment Problems and the United Nations, Ashish Publishing House, New Delhi.
  5. Agarwal, Anil, Narain, Sunita and Sharma, Anju (Eds.) (1999) Global Environmental Negotiations I: Green Politics, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi.
  6. Rajan, Mukund Govind (1997) Global Environmental Politics: India and the North-South Politics of Global Environmental Issues, New Delhi
  7. Trivedi R.K., Handbook of Environmental Laws, Rules Guidelines, Compliances and
  8. Standards, Vol I and II, Enviro Media
  9. Study Material (Handbooks) of Sikkim Manipal University for Science Health and Technology for the Degree of Post Graduation in Ecology and Environment
Academic Year: 
2018-2019
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