Instant Notes on Environmental Science

Dr C.S.K. Mishra · Tanushree Moharana

Jun 2021 · The Readers Paradise

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Urbanization and industrialization during the last few decades have invited a large number of environmental issues which demand urgent attention and remedy. The rapid growth in population and over exploitation of our natural resources including large scale deforestation have been responsible for environmental degradation and consequent unexpected spike in the occurrence of natural disasters such as flood, drought, cyclones etc which have taken heavy toll of human life during the recent past. Although, there has been efforts to minimize environmental damages through development of eco­ friendly technology and optimal utilization of resources, the problems remain because of inadequate awareness among the masses. Therefore, as per the decision of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has made Environmental science a compulsory subject for all the undergraduate university students. This step was taken to make the student community aware about the environment and ensure their participation in conservation of our fragile ecosystems.

This book has been written incorporating topics prescribed by the UGC model syllabus for AECC Environmental science. All the topics have been described in a simple and concise manner with suitable figures for better understanding of the students. The authors hope that the book will cater to the needs of undergraduate students of various Universities/Colleges of India for whom it has been written.

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Dr C.S.K.Mishra is presently the Professor and Head, Department of Zoology and Co-coordinator, Biotechnology, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, College of Basic Science and Humanities, Bhubaneswar. He has been teaching Post graduate and undergraduate students since 1987 for over 33 years. He has done commendable research on silkmoth and earthworm ecology, biodiversity, pathology, eco-toxicology and waste management and guided many doctoral students. He has published 92 research and review articles in international journals, 16 book chapters and edited three books as Chief Editor.

Two of his books have been published by Lambert Academic Publ, Germany and Cambridge Scholars Publ. United Kingdom. He is also a reviewer for highly reputed journals published by Elsevier, Springer, Nature group, Taylor & Francis, Wiley in addition to many research journals of Ecology and Eco-toxicology of India. Professor Mishra is a Fellow of National Institute of Ecology (NIE) and Applied Zoologists Research Association (AZRA).

Tanushree Moharana after being selected by Odisha State Selection Board ,Government of Odisha joined as Lecturer in the Department of Zoology, Nayagarh Autonomous College, Nayagarh, Odisha in 2017. She completed her Master's degree in Zoology from Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar in 2015, and M .Phil from Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha in 2017. She has also qualified CSIR-UGC NET-JRF (2016), GATE (Life Science, 2017). She has a good number of research and review articles published in ecology and environmental science. She is currently continuing doctoral research in ecotoxicology