Biodiversity
(i) Concept and value of biodiversity.
(ii) Types of biodiversity - species, eco and genetic.
(iii) Balance in nature.
(iv) Biodiversity for sustenance of mankind.
(v) Resource limitations.
(vi) Ecological role of biodiversity.
(vii) Interdependence between different species.
(viii) India as a mega diversity nation.
(ix) Economic potential of biodiversity.
(x) Loss of biodiversity - threatened, endangered and extinct species.
(xi) Strategies for conservation of biodiversity - insitu and exsitu.
(xii) Mitigating people-wild life conflict.
Environmental Management
(i) Need for environmental management vis-àvis development.
(ii) Aspects of environmental management - ethical, economic, technological and social.
(iii) Legal provisions for environmental management.
(iv) Approaches for environmental management - economic policies, environmental indicators, setting of standards, information exchange and surveillance.
Sustainable Development
(i) Concept of sustainable development.
(ii) Concept of sustainable consumption.
(iii) Need for sustainable development for improving quality of life for the present and future.
(iv) Challenges for sustainable development - social, political and economic considerations.
(v) Support base for sustainable development - political and administrative will, dynamic and flexible policies, appropriate technologies, comprehensive review and revision mechanism, humane approach.
(vi) Developing skilled manpower.
(vii) Role of individual and community.
(viii) Role of national and international agencies (both governmental and non-governmental).
Sustainable Agriculture
(i) Need for sustainable agriculture.
(ii) Green revolution - impact on environment.
(iii) Importance of soil for crops.
(iv) Irrigation systems, use of manure and fertilizers.
(v) Crop protection - major plant pests, and diseases, measures for their control – agrochemicals.
(vi) Impact of agrochemicals on environment.
(vii) Elements of sustainable agriculture – mixed farming, mixed cropping, crop rotation, biological and economic consideration, use of bio-fertilizers and bio pesticides, biological pest control, integrated pest management.
(viii) Applications of biotechnology in crop improvement.
(ix) Management of agricultural produce – storage, preservation, transportation and processing.
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