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    This document outlines a 3 credit course on environmental studies divided into 3 units covering 15 classes each. Unit 1 covers concept and disciplines of environmental science including renewable and non-renewable resources. Unit 2 covers ecosystems and biodiversity. Unit 3 covers environmental pollution, social issues, and related acts.

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    West Bengal State University

    EnvironmentalStudies
    Value Addition Course
    UG Level (NEP, 2020)
    (3 Credits = 45 Classes )

    Unit 1
    Concept and various disciplines ofenvironmentalscience 15
    classes

     Definition,scopeandimportance of Environmental Science


     Needforpublicawareness.
     Renewableandnon-renewableresources:
    a) Forestresources:Useandover-exploitation,deforestation
    b) Waterresources:Useandover-
    utilizationofsurfaceandgroundwater,floods,drought,dams-benefits and problems.
    c) Mineral resources : Use and exploitation, environmental effects of extracting
    andusingmineral resources.
    d) Foodresources:Worldfoodproblems,changescausedbymodern techniques of
    agriculture and overgrazing,problems due to excessive use of fertilizers and
    pesticides,problems of water logging and saline water intrusion.
    e) Energy resources:Growingenergy
    needs,renewableandnonrenewableenergysources,use of alternateenergysources.
    f) Land resources : Land as a resource, land degradation, man induced landslides,
    soilerosionand desertification.

    Unit2
    15 Classes
    Ecosystem and biodiversity
     Conceptofanecosystem.
     Producers,consumersanddecomposers.
     Energyflow in theecosystem.
     Ecologicalsuccession.
     Foodchains,food websandecologicalpyramids.
     Introduction,types,characteristicfeatures,structureandfunctionofthe
     followingecosystem :-
    a) Forestecosystem
    b) Grasslandecosystem
    c) Desertecosystem
    d) Aquaticecosystems(ponds,streams,lakes,rivers, oceans,estuaries)

     Biodiversity Definition : genetic, species and ecosystem diversity.


     BiogeographicalclassificationofIndia
     Value of biodiversity: consumptive use, productive use, social, ethical,
    aestheticandoption values
     India asamega-diversitynation
     Hot-spotsofbiodiversity.
     Threatstobiodiversity:habitatloss,poachingof wildlife,man-wildlifeconflicts.
     Endangeredandendemic speciesof India
     Conservationofbiodiversity:In-situandEx-situconservationofbiodiversity.

    Unit 3
    EnvironmentalPollution and social issues 15classes

     Types,Causes,effectsand controlmeasuresof:-
    a. Airpollution
    b. Waterpollution
    c. Soilpollution
    d. Marinepollution
    e. Noisepollution
    f. Thermalpollution
    g. Nuclearhazards

     Solid waste Management : Causes, effects and control measures of urban


    andindustrialwastes.
     Roleofanindividual inprevention ofpollution.
     Disastermanagement: floods,earthquake,cycloneandlandslides.
     Waterconservation,rain waterharvesting,watershedmanagement
     Concepts of populationgrowth and population explosion
     WomenandChildWelfare.
     RoleofInformationTechnologyinEnvironmentand humanhealth.
     Climate change, global warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, nuclear
    accidentsandholocaust.
     Wastelandreclamation.
     Environmentalethics:Issuesandpossiblesolutions.
     Issuesinvolvedinenforcementofenvironmentallegislation and public awareness
     EnvironmentProtectionAct.
     Air(PreventionandControlofPollution)Act.
     Water(PreventionandcontrolofPollution)Act
     WildlifeProtectionAct
     ForestConservationAct

    TextBook:

    Text Book for Environmental Studies by ErachBharucha for


    UGC.(https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/modelcurriculum/env.pdf

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