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PAPER: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(100 MARKS)
I. History of Environmental
Thought :- Environment and Sustainable Development,
History of Environmental Movements, Industrial and Agriculture Revolution,
United Nations Conference on Human Environment 1972, Our Common Future 1987,
Rio Summit 1992, Agenda 21, World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002,
Millennium Development Goals.
II. Sustainable Development Issues :- Population growth, Poverty,
Biodiversity loss and its Conservation, Energy security (energy conservation
and alternative energy resources), Urbanization and sustainable cities,
Carrying capacity and ecological footprint. Food security and sustainable
agriculture. Ecological restoration.
III. Interdisciplinary nature of Environmental Science :-Orientation on
convergence of various social and natural sciences to evolve a new discipline
of environmental science: Environmental Biology, Environmental Chemistry,
Environmental Physics, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Toxicology,
Environmental Economics, Environmental Geology, Environmental Geography,
Environmental Biotechnology, Environmental Sociology.
IV. Environmental Pollution :-Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Soil
Pollution, Noise Pollution, Solid Waste, Water Logging & Salinity,
Deforestation, Desertification, Eutrophication, Global and regional air
pollution problems (Greenhouse effect, Global Warming/Climate Change, Ozone
Depletion, Acid Rain).
V. Climate Change:- Climate Pattern at local, regional and global
scale. Different types of climate including tropical and mid latitude climate,
polar climates. Climate change processes, Drivers and Indicators of Climate
Change, Effects of Climate Chang on natural and societal systems. Carbon foot
print. Climate change adaptation and mitigation, Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM), REDD+. Global environmental politics on climate change: role of India,
China and USA (Copenhagen Accord 2009).
VI. Environmental Governance :- Policy, legal and institutional
frameworks for governance of environment in Pakistan: National Conservation
Strategy of 1992, National Environmental Policy Act of Pakistan 2005,
Environmental Protection Act of 1997, Pak-EPA (Review of IEE/EIA) Regulations
2000, Hospital Waste Management Rules 2005, Pollution Charge Rules, Sample
Rules, Solid Waste Management Plan 2005, Hazardous Substances Rules 2005,
National Drinking Water Policy 2009, Sanitation Policy, National Climate Change
Policy 2012.
VII. Global initiatives:- Brief on some of the Multilateral
Environmental Agreements ratified by Pakistan, Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD), Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety, Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Convention on
Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar
Convention), Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS), United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Kyoto Protocol to
UNFCCC, Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer, United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
VIII. Environmental Assessment and Management :-Environmental Impact
Assessment, Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Management
Systems (ISO 14000), Occupational Health & Safety management systems (OHSAS
18000), Participatory Approaches to Environmental Management, Technological
Approaches to Environmental Management, Approaches to Solid Waste Management,
Disaster Risk Management, Pollution Control Technologies, Geographic
Information System & Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Management.
SUGGESTED READINGS
- Environmental Economics in Theory and Practice by Hanley, N. Shorgen, J, White, B
- Industrial Safety Health and Environmental Management by Jain R.K. Rao S.S
- Environmental Science: Earth as a living Planet, 9th ed. By Botkin, D. Keller, E. 2014
- Environmental Geology Facing the Challenges of Our Changing Earth by Erickson, J
- Environmental Geology by Keller A. Edward
- Earth Science by Tarbuck. J. Edward Lutgens K. Friederick
- Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationship by Enger ED, Smith, B.F
- Basics of Forestry and Applied Sciences, Concepts and Theory by Masood A.A Qureshi
- Environmental Science: Working with Earth by Miller. T.G
- Disaster Management: A Disaster Manager’s Handbook by Carter N.W
- Disasters and Development by Cuny, F.C.
- Disaster Management: Warning Response and Community Relocation by Perry R.W. Mushkatel, A.H.
- Energy: Crisis or Opportunity, An Introduction to Energy Studies by Diana Schumacher
- Environmental Geology by Carla W. Montgomery
- Environmental Health; Ecological Perspective by Kathryn Hilgenkamp
- Official Website of Govt. of Pakistan by www.environment.gov.pk
- Official Website of UN Environment Programme by www.unep.org