Contents of Environment & Ecology
Contents of Environment & Ecology
UPSC Syllabus:
- Environmental issues, ecological preservation, conservat ion of natural resources and national heritage.
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
- Biosequestration
- Conservation
- Commission on Sustainable Development(1992)
- Nagoya 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 & Environment
- Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management (cbipm)
- Carbon Capture and Storage (ccs)
Environment Movement
- United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (1972)
- Brundtland 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 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)
- Ndian Network on Climate Change Assessment
- The National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR)
Energy
- Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
- Nuclear Power in India
- Solar Power in India
- The Energy Conservation Building Code
- Wind Energy Programme in India
