Environment and Sustainable development CSS/PMS/UPSC Environmental Science [Urdu/Hindi]

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We will cover the following environmental science syllables
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, Rio Summit-II,
2012, Millennium Development Goals.
II. Sustainable Development Issues
Population growth, Poverty, Biodiversity loss and its Conservation, Energy security (energyconservation
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 newdiscipline 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 Change 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, EnvironmentalProtection 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 NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Kyoto Protocol
to UNFCCC, Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer, United Nations Conventionto
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, TechnologicalApproaches to Environmental
Management, Approaches to Solid Waste Management, Disaster Risk Management, Pollution Control
Technologies, Geographic Information System & Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Management.
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