Environment and Ecology: For Civil Service Preliminary and Main Examination and other Competitive Examinations

Unit 1 Understanding the Concepts
Chapter 1: Ecosystem – The Unit that Sustains Life
Chapter 2: Biodiversity: The Diversity of Life on Earth
Unit 2 Environmental Challenges and their Management
Chapter 3: Present Biodiversity Loss and Biodiversity Conservation
Chapter 4: Biodiversity Conservation in India
Chapter 5: Anthropogenic Climate Change & Climate Action
Chapter 6: India and Climate Change
Chapter 7: Deforestation, Forest Degradation and Forest Management
Chapter 8: Land Degradation and Desertification
Chapter 9: Marine Environmental Challenges and Management
Chapter 10: Unique Ecosystems, their Degradation and Management
Chapter 11: Ozone Depletion and Protection
Chapter 12: Environmental Pollution and Control
Chapter 13: Environmental Pollution and Control in India
Chapter 14: Mining and Environment
Unit 3 Sustainable Development & Environmental Governance
Chapter 15: From Economic Growth to Sustainable Development- Major UN Conferences and Their Outcomes
Chapter 16: Environmental Governance in India
Chapter 17: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)