Anthropogenic- Desertification, Land degradation, Deforestation
6.00
Unit II:
Case Studies
Tsunami in Southern Asia
Bhopal Gas tragedy
Chernobyl Nuclear accident
14.00
Unit III:
Waste management
Characteristics of Solid Waste
Sources and types of solid wastes
Composition of municipal solid wastes
Collection system
Transport means and methods
16.00
Unit IV:
Techniques of solid waste management
Source reduction
Recycling
Recovery
Disposal of solid wastes-Plasma gasification sanitary land filling, composting and incineration
Vermicomposting
Bioremediation and Phytoremediation
14.00
Unit V:
Environmental Management Systems
Environmental management systems- Benefits, principles and elements of successful environmental management
Key aspects of the international standard ISO 14001.
Auditing of EMS,
Environmental Labeling.
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.
Lang, Winfried (Ed.) (1995) Sustainable Development and International Law, London: Grahm and Tort.
Khanna, Gopesh Nath (1990) Environment Problems and the United Nations, Ashish Publishing House, New Delhi.
Agarwal, Anil, Narain, Sunita and Sharma, Anju (Eds.) (1999) Global Environmental Negotiations I: Green Politics, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi.
Rajan, Mukund Govind (1997) Global Environmental Politics: India and the North-South Politics of Global Environmental Issues, New Delhi
Trivedi R.K., Handbook of Environmental Laws, Rules Guidelines, Compliances and
Standards, Vol I and II, Enviro Media
Study Material (Handbooks) of Sikkim Manipal University for Science Health and Technology for the Degree of Post Graduation in Ecology and Environment
