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1. SHRINATH WANKHADE

2. • The sum total of all surroundings of a living organism,
including natural forces & other living things which
provide conditions for development & growth as well
as of danger & damages.
• Environmental science is a multidisciplinary science
which combines physics, chemistry, biology, medical,which combines physics, chemistry, biology, medical,
health science, life science, agricultural science, forestry,
public health engineering and so on.
• Environmental studies deals with every issue that affect
an organism .

3. • All the factors such as physical, geographical,
chemical, biological,and ecological which affects
human life and its existance on this planet are called
environment.
• The environment includes earth, lakes, forests, farms,
vegetation and other biological life such as animals,vegetation and other biological life such as animals,
plants, bacteria and microorganisms etc.
• All the components of the environment are basically
divided into two categories.
1. Biotic environment
2. Abiotic environment

4. • Biotic environment includes all living organisms
and biological life such as animals, birds, forests,
reptiles, insects, bacteria and microorganisms like
algae, fungus etc.
• Abiotic environment includes all non-living
components such as land, mountains, rivers, air, water,
temperature, humidity, water vapour, sand, dust, clouds
etc.

5. Awareness
Knowledge
AttitudeAttitude
Skill
Evaluation ability
Participation

6. Awareness
Real life situations
Conservation
Sustainable development
1. Population increase and health services.
2. Treatment of pollutants (air, water & solid ) generated2. Treatment of pollutants (air, water & solid ) generated
from various sources.
3. Pollution level in air water & soil.
4. Development of non-polluting renewable energy
sources like wind, solar, biomass etc.
5. Solid waste utilization through recycling.
6. Biodiversity conservation
7. Environmental awareness in society

7. • Environment is not a single subject. It is an
integration of several subjects that includes both science
and social science. To understand all the different aspects
of our environment we need to understand biology,
chemistry, physics, geography, resources management,
economics and population issue. Thus the scope of
environmental studies is extremely wide and covers someenvironmental studies is extremely wide and covers some
aspects of nearly every major discipline.
• We will in a world in which natural resources are
limited. Water, air, soil, minerals, oils, the product we get
from the forests, grasslands, oceans, and from agriculture
and from livestock are all the part of our life support
system. Without them life it self will be impossible.

8. To identify the environmental problem and to find its
solution.
To restrict & regulate the exploitation & utilization
of natural resources.
To regenerate degraded environment & to renew
natural resources(renewable)
To control environmental pollution & gradation.
To reduce the impacts of extreme events & natural
disaster.
To make optimum utilization of natural resources.
To assess the impacts of proposed projects &
activities on environment.

9. Bombay natural history society –Mumbai -1883
World wide fund for nature.Delhi-1969
Center for scienceand env.Delhi-
Center for environmental education. Ahmadabad
Bharati university puneBharati university pune
Wildlife institute of india Deharadun 1982
Botonical survay of india.Kolcatta 1890
Botonical survay of india.Kolcatta 1916

10. Charles Darwin
Henry Thoreue
Rachel Carson
Eo Wilson
Salim Ali
Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi
S P Godrej
Madhav Gadgil
M.S.Swaminathan
Medha Patkar
Sundarlal Bahuguna

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