EX-803 (B) · Environmental Issues, Policy, Standards & Regulations/Official Syllabus
Environmental Issues, Policy, Standards & Regulations (EX-803 (B)) - Official Syllabus
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Unit 1
Global environmental concerns
- The Scenario, The Changing Global atmosphere & common concerns
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC)
- Kyoto Protocol, Conference of Parties (COP)
- Various Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
- Prototype Carbon fund (PCF)
- Earth Summit, Sustainable development
- Green Certificate
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Unit 2
The Global Program for protected area management
- Strategies for environmental improvement plan
- Organizations working in the field of energy and environment - UNEP, IPCCC, CPCB etc.
- Basic features of ISO 14000
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Unit 3
Water Quality
- Parameters: Physical, Chemical and Bacteriological
- Potable Water Standards
- Waste Water Effluent Standards
- Minimal National Standards (MINAS)
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Unit 4
Environment Policies
- Water Act 1974
- The Air Act, 1981
- Environmental (Protection) Act.- 1986
- M. P. State Environment Policy
- Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998
- Biomedical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules 1998
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Unit 5
Review of various energy sources
- Review of various energy sources
- Importance of unconventional sources such as solar, biogas, wind, tidal etc.
- Study of typical energy converters such as high performance motors, special generators driven by biogas engines, wind turbines etc.
- Mini-hydro generators
- Modern state-of-the art and futuristic systems in this area
Reference Books
- Environmental Issues and Polices — Stephon Ison, Stephen Peake, Stuart Wall
- ISO 14000 Environmental Management — Goetsch, Davis
- Standard methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater — APHA
- Energy Management — Paul O'Callaghan
- Cleaner Production - Energy Efficiency Manual for GERIAP, UNEP, Bangkok — National Productivity Council
- Training material on 'Environmental concerns' — National Productivity Council
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