The author of this book explains the issues of ecology and environment in a way that is friendly to teachers and learners both. it discusses the topics of ecology and ecosystems, environment and pollution, human activities and environment, waste management, sustainable development, natural resources management and concurrent issues such as global warning, ozone depletion, desertification of land, acid rain, afforestation and eco-development, environmental ethics and our rich environmental traditions. The ultimate objective of this book is to impart ecological environmental status of the country with knowledge of corrective measures to the upcoming generation of our country with a view to establish environmentalism and to prepare environmentalists. The author, inspired by the SCI, showed his gratitude of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India for taking the issue of environment religiously and instructing the apex regulatory educational organizations to include environment in the syllabus as a separate subject. The author is framing other books on environment, appropriate to the students.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A.K. Shrivastava
Prof. A.K. Shrivastava is chairman of the Council for Training and Research in Ecology and Environment, New Delhi. The CTREE, founded by Prof. Shrivastava, Structured “Environment Auditing / Environment Impact Assessment in a course frame, for the first time in India. The course was inaugurated in the year ’98 by the then Minister of Environment & Forests, Government of India Sri Suresh Prabhu. Under the academic guidance of Prof. Shrivastava, more than one hundred and sixty participants were imparted short term training programme in the stream of Environment Auditing and Environment Impact Assessment, among those corporate executives, environmental Scientists and engineers, corporate bodies, senior forest officers and agriculturists can be underlined. Besides the training programme, he is currently providing expert consultancy to the government departments, corporate bodies and NGO’s in the matters of ecology and environment. As chief executive of the CTREE, Prof. Shrivastava has also worked as consultant / monitor / project evaluator with the Ministry of Environment and Forests / Ministry of Rural development, Govt. of India / Corporate bodies / and NGO’s as well. He has participated in various national and international seminars and conferences and addressed on the topic of management, eco-consumerism, environment and sustainability. He is author of several books on environment and management. He is found chief of National Council for Registration of Environmental Auditors (NCREA, India); Institute of Environmental Auditors & Impact Assessors, (IEAIA), India).
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