Basics of Environmental Science

ScoDefinition , scope and Importance of Environment 

• Scope of Environmental Studies and its applications
• Importance with respect to the society
• Relationship of Environmental Studies with other subjects (Multidisciplinary nature of Environment)

Environmental Pollution                               

• Water Pollution: Definition, sources and effects
• Air Pollution-Definition, sources and effects (Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion, Global warming, Smog)
• Noise Pollution-Definition, sources and effects

Natural Resources

• Definition (Renewable and non renewable)
• Natural resources and associated problems:

1. Forest Resources- Use and over-exploitation, deforestation and its effects
2. Water Resources- Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water and its effects
3. Land Resources- Land degradation; Soil erosion and desertification.
4. Mineral resources : Use and exploitation, environmental effects  of extracting  mineral resources         

Environmental Management                         

·       Environmental management systems- Benefits, principles and elements of successful environmental management

·         Key aspects of the international standard ISO 14001.

·         Environmental Labeling.

       Environmental Protection Act, 1986

Environmental Auditing                                            

• Objectives of Environmental auditing
• Importance of Environmental auditing
• Steps of Environmental Auditing (outline)