Course Material
- Week-1: 1. Environment: Introduction, scope, pressure. & Lab.1.
- Week-2: 2. Pollution: definition, classification and impact on habitats. i. Air pollution: ii. Water pollution & Lab.2.
- Week-3: iii. Sediments pollution & iv. Noise pollution. & Lab.3. Effect of air pollutants on plants.
- Week-4: v. Radiation pollution (including nuclear): Lab. 4. 4. Visits to environmentally compromised sites and evolution of remediation methods.
- Week-5: 3. Forest: importance, deforestation, desertification and conservation.
- Week-6:4. Ozone layer:i. Formation ii. Mechanism of depletion iii. Effects of ozone depletion
- Week-7:5. Greenhouse effect and global warming: causes, impacts.
- Week-8: Mid Term Exam.
- Week-9: 6. Human population explosion: impact on environment.
- Week-10: 7. Environment impact assessment: Industrial urban, civil developments.
- Week-11: 8. National conservation strategy: Brief review of major problems of Pakistan and their solutions.
- Week-12: 9. Sustainable environmental management.
- Week-13: 10. Wetlands and sanctuaries protection: The pressures, problems and solutions.
- Week-14: 11. Range management: Types of rangelands, potential threats, sustainable management.
- Week-15: 12. Aerobiology (Pollen allergy & dust allergy).
- Week-16: Final Term Exam.
- Chapters 16
- Department Biological Sciences(SCB)
- Teacher
Dr. Muhammad Kabir