Contents of Study Kit for
(IFos) Pre General Studies Paper 1
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT CONCEPT
- Organisms and the Environment
- Environment, Habitat and Niche
- Environmental Factors
- Ecological Adaptations
- Population, Biotic Community and Succession
- Ecosystem: Structure and Function
- Natural Resources and their Conservation
- Biodiversity
- Pollution and Global Environmental Change
BIODIVERSITY
- Biosequestraton
- Conservation
- Commission on sustainable Development (1992)
- Nagoya Protocol PROTOCOL
- National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai
- Project Tiger (1973)
- TheBiological Diversity Act 2002 and Rules 2004
- Concerns & Issues
- The Biological Diversity Act 2002
- BiologicalDiversityRules 2004
- BiodiversityAct/Rules and Intellectual Property Rights
- Iprs in the context of protection of Plant varieties and Farmer’s RightAct
- Recommended Actions
- The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- Country Implementation
- The International Year of Biodiversity (IYB)
- Background
- United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
- Top 10 Famous Bird Sanctuaries of India
- Types of Biodiversity
- Genetic Diversity
- Species Diversity
- Ecosystem
POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENT
- Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management (CBIPM)
- Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
ENVIRONMENT MOVEMENT
- United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (1972)
- Brutland Commission (1983)
- The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992)
- Kyoto Protocol (1997)
- 1997: Rio+5 Conference, New York
- Johannesburg Summit 2002
- Copenhagen Climate Council (2007) and Summit (2009)
- Bali Action
- 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference
INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES
- Alliance of Small Island and States (AOSIS)
- Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
- The International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP)
- Land use, Land-Use Change and Forestry
- Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
- The Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
NATIONAL INITIATIVES
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- Green Development Initiative (GDI)
- National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)
- Indian Network on Climate Change Assessment
- The National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR)
ENERGY
- Jawaharlal Nehru National SolarMission144
- JawaharlalNehru National Solar Mission
- Nuclear Power in India
- Solar Power in India
- The Energy Conservation Building Code
- Wind Energy Programme in India
