Natural Resouce Management
With Syllabus
Course - VI: Natural Resource Management The objective of this course is to expose the studears to different natural resources and their
management practices THEORY
Lectures: 60
(2 lectures)
Unit 1: Natural resources
(8 lectures)
Definition and types Un 2: Sastamable utilization
Concept, approaches (economic, ecological and socio-cultural).
(8 lectures)
Unit 3: Land pantoml, horticultural, silvicultural). Soil degradation and management
Undirson (egricultural, Unil 4: Water
(8 lectures)
Fiesh water (rivers, lakes, groundwater, aquifers, watershed), Mariue, Estuarine, Wedands. Threats and
mangement strategies.
Uuld 5: Biological Resources
(12 lectures)
Biodiversity-definition and types. Significance; Threats: Management strategies, Biodiversity Hot Spot (Terrestrial & Marine), IUCN Species categories. In situ & Ex sin conservation, Bio-prospecting: IPR: CBD: National
Biodiversity Action Plan). Biodiversity and Sustainable development
Definition. Cover and its significance (with special reference to India): Major and minor
(6 lectures)
forestproducts.
Unit 6: Forests
Depletion Management.
(6 lectures)
Call 7: Eartgy
Renewable snad nou-senewable sources of energy
Datt 8: Contemporary practices la reserce management EIA, GIS, Participatory Resource Appraisal Ecological Footprint with emphasis on carbon footprint,
(& lectures)
Resonroe Accounting Waste tamagement.
Unit 9: National and international efforts in resource management and conservation
(4 irctures)
National and international efforts in natural resource management and their conservation approaches
Course Code: BD606P
DSE Course-VI-Practical: Natural Resource Management
L Eduation of solid waste preated by a domnevtle system (biodegradable and na-blodegradable) and its inpact on
land degradation 2 Collection of data o focest cover of specific as
Merrement of dominance of woody species by DBH (diameter at breast bei ght) method.
4. Calculation and analysis of eenlegion) fotprint
Ecological modeling
Suggested Readings
1. Vaidvan, N. (2006) Esentials of Evicomtal Scimos, Naroa Publishing House, New Delhi
2. Singh 1.5, Singh, SP and Gupin, S (2006) Ecology, Environment and Resource Conservation. Anmaya Publications, New Delhi
J. Rogas, P.P... Jalal. K.F. and Boyd, JA (2005). An Introduction to Sustainable Development Prentice Hall of d Private Lindted, New Delhi
