Includes index.

Contents: Environmental studies- A multidisciplinary subject: What is environment? -- How is environmental studies multi-disciplinary in nature? -- What is the scope of environmental studies? -- What is the importance of environment? -- Whats is the need for public awareness? -- Natural resources: What is a resource? -- Forest resources -- Water resources -- Mineral resources -- Food resources -- Energy resources -- Land resources -- Soil erosion -- Water logging -- Landslides -- Desertification-What are the major causes? -- Conservation of natural resources: What can be the role of an individual? -- Can equitable sharing of resources be useful for sustainable life style? -- Ecosystems: What are ecosystems? -- Structural features of ecosystem -- How does an ecosystem function? -- Ecological succession -- Major ecosystem types -- Biodiversity and its conservation: What is biodiversity? -- Levels of diversity -- What are the major biogeographical regions of India? -- What is the value of biodiversity? -- How many species are there, globally and regionally? -- India as a mega-diversity nation -- What are hotspots of biodiversity? -- What are the major threats to biodiversity? -- Are man-wildlife conflicts a hindrance to conservation? -- Which species have become endangered in India? -- What are the major endemic species of India? -- How should we conserve biodiversity? -- Environmental pollution: What is environmental pollution? -- What is air pollution? -- What is noise pollution? -- What is water pollution? -- What is waste water treatment? -- What is thermal pollution? -- What is soil pollution? -- What are nuclear hazards? -- What is solid waste management? What role an individual can play in prevention of pollution? -- What are floods? -- Social issues and the environment: Does development lead to environmental problems? -- What is sustainable development? -- What are the urban problems related to energy? -- How can we conserve water? -- What is rainwater harvesting? -- What is a watershed and what are watershed management practices? -- What are the major development related resettlement and rehabilitation issues? -- What is the relevance of environmental ethics to environmental protection? -- What is global climate change problem? -- What is acid rain-have human activities been responsible? -- Is ozone layer depletion a threat to living beings? -- Nuclear accidents and holocaust -- How can we reclaim our wastelands? -- Has increasing consumerism led to more waste products? -- What is the role of environmental legislation in environmental protection? How can we create public environmental awareness? -- Human population and the environment: How has the global population grown? -- What are the factors influencing population size? -- What is population explosion? -- Can population growth be slowed down? -- Are environmental and human health inter-related? -- What are human rights? -- Can value education serve as a tool for overall development? -- HIV/AIDS- the fourth largest cause of mortality -- Women and child welfare are now on international agenda -- Information technology plays a role in environmental and human health.