Content of Environment

Contents of Our Study Kit

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)
• The Biological Diversity Act 2002 and Rules 2004
• Concerns & Issues
• The Biological Diversity Act 2002
• Biological Diversity Rules 2004
• Biodiversity Act/Rules and Intellectual Property Rights
• Iprs in the context of protection of Plant varieties and Farmer’s Right Act
• 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

• Uunited 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 andthe 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 Solar Mission
• Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
• Nuclear Power in India
• Solar Power in India
• The Energy Conservation Building Code
• Wind Energy Programme in India

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