2. OUR ENVIRONMENT
1} ENVIRONMENT IS SUM TOTAL OF ALL
CONDITIONS AND INFLUENCES THAT
AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT AND LIFE OF
ORGANISMS.
2} ENVIRONMENT INCLUDES PHYSICAL
SURROUNDINGS LIKE
ATMOSPHERE,WATER BODIES,SOIL AND
ALL THE LIVING ORGANISMS.
3} ENVIRONMENT IS VERY USEFUL IN OUR
DAY TO DAY LIFE SUCH AS THE WATER WE
DRINK, THE FOOD WE EAT ARE SUPPLIED
BY THE ENVIRONMENT.
3. ECOSYSTEM
1} ALL THE INTERACTING ORGANISMS IN AN
AREA TOGETHER WITH THE NON-LIVING
CONSTITUENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
FORM AN ECOSYSTEM.
2} IN ECOSYSTEM THERE IS A FOOD CHAIN
IN WHICH PLANTS ARE PRODUCERS , THE
ANIMALS ARE FIRST CONSUMERS OF FOOD
FROM THE PLANTS , BUT SOME ANIMALS
ARE CARNIVORES. THE NEXT ARE HUMAN
BEINGS WHICH ARE SECOND CONSUMERS
OF FOOD FROM BOTH PLANTS AND ANIMALS
CALLED OMNIVORES.
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8. HOW TO AVOID POLLUTION IN
ENVIRONMENT
1} AVOID INCREASE OF CO2 GAS . USE
C.N.G. AND L.P.G. .
2} AVOID DUMPING GARBAGE HERE AND
THERE WHICH POLLUTE ENVIRONMENT.
3} AVOID USING CFCS WHICH DAMAGE THE
OZONE LAYER .
4} AVOID BURNING PLASTICS .
11. MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
1} ANY COMPONENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
THAT HAS AN ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL USE
IS CALLED A NATURAL RESOURCE.
2} SOME OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES ARE
COAL, PETROLEUM, NATURAL GAS ,
FOREST AND WATER AND WILD LIFE.
3} A SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING THE USE OF
NATURAL RESOURCES IN SUCH A WAY AS
TO AVOID THEIR WASTAGE AND TO USE
THEM IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY IS
CALLED MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES.
12. NEED FOR MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES
- DUE TO THOUGHT EXPLOITATION OF
RESOURCES, MAN HAS CREATED
NUMEROUS COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS SUCH AS POLLUTION,
EXHAUSTION OF RESOURCES,
EXTINCTION OF WILDLIFE,
DEFORESTATION AND GLOBAL WARMING.
- WE MUST CARE OUR ENVIRONMENT BY
THREE PROCESS REDUCE, RECYCLE AND
REUSE.
13. STAKE HOLDERS
THE USERS OF THE FOREST AND FOREST
PRODUCE ARE CALLED STAKEHOLDERS.
THESE INCLUDE:-
1} PEOPLE LIVING IN AND AROUND FOREST,
THUS DEPENDING ON FOREST PRODUCE FOR
LIVELIHOOD.
2} THE FOREST DEPARTMENT OF THE
GOVERNMENT WHICH OWNS THE FOREST
LAND AND CONTROL THE RESOURCES.
3} THE INDUSTRIALISTS WHO USE FOREST
PRODUCT FOR THEIR FACTORIES.
14. SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
1} SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT IS A
METHOD OF MANAGING NATURAL
RESOURCES SO THAT PRODUCTIVITY
CAN BE ENSURED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF
TIME.
2} ITS AIM IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO
THE PRESENT GENERATION AND TO
ENSURE THE SAME FOR THE FUTURE
GENERATION.
