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.

 

Academic Year: 
2016-2017
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