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ENVIRONMENTAL 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
18.00
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
12.00
Unit III:
Environmental Management System
- Benefits, principles and elements of successful environmental management
- Key aspects of the international standard ISO 14001
- Environmental Labeling
13.00
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
17.00
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:
- Arif, N. (1996. International Environmental Laws, New Delhi: Lancers Books.
- Birnie, P.W., and Boyle, Alan E. (1994) International Law and Environment, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Dash, S. K. (2007) Climate Change-An Indian Perspective. Centre for Environment Education and Cambridge University Press Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
- Dodds, F. (ed.). Earth Summit. (2002). A New Deal. Earthscan Publications Ltd., UK.
- Hardy, John T. (2003). Climate Change: Causes, Effects, Solutions. Wiley & Sons, USA.
- Harris, F. (2004). Global Environmental Issues. Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA..
- Harvey, L. D. (2000) Global Warming: The Hard Science. NY: Prentice-Hall,India
- IPCC. (2000) Emission Scenarios, Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change,Cambridge University Press
- UNEP (2002) Global Environmental Outlook 3: Past, Present and Future. Earthscan Publications.
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