Sustainable Natural Resource Management

Sustainable Natural Resource Management

1 Overview of Natural Resources

  1. Definition and Concept of Natural Resources
  2. Classification of Natural Resources
  3. Value and Uses of Natural Resources
  4. Availability and Distribution of Natural Resources
  5. Interrelationship Among Natural Resources

2 Water Resources

  1. Water Resources
  2. Conflicts over Water
  3. Environmental Impact of Water Exploitation
  4. Use and Over-utilization of Surface and Groundwater
  5. Groundwater Management

3 Mineral Resources

  1. Minerals
  2. Metallic Minerals
  3. Non-Metallic Minerals
  4. Energy Minerals
  5. Nuclear Minerals
  6. Mineral Exploitation

4 Soil and Land Resources

  1. What is Soil?
  2. Physical Properties of Soil
  3. Chemical Properties of Soil
  4. Biological Properties of Soil
  5. Soil Microbial Properties
  6. Soil Pollution

5 Forest and Grassland as Resources

  1. Forest Resources
  2. Forests in India, Vegetation, Status and Distribution
  3. Medicinal and Herbal Resources
  4. Use and Over-exploitation
  5. Deforestation
  6. Issues and Challenges for Resource Supply

6 Agrobiodversity

  1. Agricultural Biodiversity
  2. Status of Agricultural Biodiversity
  3. Loss of Agriculture Biodiversity
  4. Key Strategies to Attain Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

7 Livestock and Wild Resources

  1. Cattle
  2. Buffalo
  3. Sheep
  4. Goats
  5. Pigs
  6. Camel
  7. Equines
  8. Wildlife Resources in India
  9. Sustainable Harvesting
  10. Issues and Challenges for Resource Supply

8 Fresh Water and Marine Resources

  1. Inland Aquatic Resources of India
  2. Major Inland Open Water Fisheries
  3. Aquaculture in India
  4. Marine Resources
  5. Issues of Marine Aquatic Resource

9 Introduction to Energy Resources

  1. Energy Resources and their Classification
  2. Non-renewable Energy Resources
  3. Energy Demand and Supply
  4. Energy Use Pattern in India
  5. Impact on the Environment

10 Conventional Energy Resources

  1. Conventional Energy Resources
  2. Classification of Conventional Energy Resources
  3. Properties of Conventional Energy Resources
  4. Formation of Fossil Fuels
  5. Nuclear Energy
  6. Indian Scenario of Conventional Energy Resources

11 Solar and Hydropower Energy

  1. Harnessing of Solar Energy
  2. Solar Energy Utilization
  3. Solar Heaters
  4. Solar Concentrators
  5. Hydroelectric Energy
  6. Advantages and Disadvantages of Hydropower

12 Wind and Geothermal Energy

  1. Wind Energy
  2. Harnessing of Wind Energy
  3. Wind Energy/Wind Power in India
  4. Geothermal Energy
  5. Prospects of Geothermal Energy in India
  6. Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES)

13 Bioenergy

  1. Bioenergy
  2. Bioenergy, Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement
  3. Major Drivers of Bioenergy Development
  4. Feedstocks Sources for Bioenergy Production
  5. Conversion Technologies for Bioenergy Production
  6. Social, Economic, Ecological, and Environmental Impacts of Bioenergy
  7. Challenges in Sustainable Bioenergy Production
  8. Indiaโ€™s National Policy on Biofuels

14 Resource Conservation

  1. Concept of Resource Conservation and its Importance
  2. Planning for the Conservation of Resources
  3. Natural Resource Conservation
  4. Natural Resource Accounting
  5. Resource Management Planning
  6. Protecting Traditional Knowledge, Customary Laws and Practices Related to Traditional Knowledge
  7. Implications for Access Benefit Sharing

15 Resource Economics

  1. Supply of Exhaustible Resources
  2. Peak Oil Analysis: Hubbertโ€™s Logistic Model
  3. Economics of Renewable Resources
  4. Economics of Fishery
  5. Economics of Forest: Models and Optimal Rotation Age Determination
  6. Economics of Water Use

16 Approaches for Natural Resource Conservation

  1. Mineral Resources
  2. Rangeland
  3. Land Resource Management
  4. Soil Conservation
  5. Water Resources
  6. Forest and Wildlife Management
  7. Energy Conservation
  8. Conservation Agriculture
  9. Marine Resources
  10. Conservation and Management of Biodiversity
  11. Management of Common International Resources
  12. Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques
  13. Role of National and International Organizations

17 NRM Programmes and Schemes

  1. Natural Resource Management (NRM)
  2. NRM and Livelihood
  3. Schemes and Programmes for Natural Resource Conservation and Sustainable Livelihood
  4. National Afforestation Programme
  5. Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
  6. Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP)
  7. National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
  8. National Bamboo Mission
  9. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
  10. National Medicinal Plants Board
  11. Non-Timber Forest Products
  12. Rural Livestock Development Programme
  13. National Biofuel Mission

18 Green Technologies for Natural Resource Conservation

  1. Green Technologies: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
  2. Effective Green Technologies
  3. Green Practices and Conservation of Natural Resources
  4. Wind Turbines
  5. Solar Panels
  6. Organic Agriculture
  7. Agroforestry
  8. Going Paperless
  9. Green Buildings