EA4007 Natural Resource Management Syllabus:
EA4007 Natural Resource Management Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES:
This course provides an overview of the main management issues which relate to natural resources, particularly land, water, biodiversity, forests and fisheries. The range of topics covered in the course will provide students with a wider perspective on many national and international natural resource management issues and challenges. The focus of the course is to develop understanding for linking community resource management systems with macro- level policies and programmes to create long-enduring management systems.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Overview of the Subject – Need and Scope; Basic Concepts of Natural Resource Management like Common Property Rights, Collective Action, Traditional Knowledge about Natural Resources Management, Community Based Natural Resource Management.
UNIT II LAND
Perception of Land Degradation; Understanding the Causes of Land Degradation; Land Management Practices; Like Soil Conservation, Watershed Management, Management Issues and Challenges
UNIT III WATER
Water Supply and Demand, Water Quality Issues, Understanding the Causes, Water Management Practices, Management Issues and Challenges
UNIT IV BIODIVERSITY
Biodiversity Services and Human Well-Being; Global and National Trends in Biodiversity Loss; Understanding the Causes, Biodiversity Management Practices, Management Issues and Challenges Forests- The Principles of Sustainable Forest Management; Forests and Economic Development; Forest Ecosystem Services; Forest Certification Schemes; Community Forest Management. Joint Forest Management, Management Issues and Challenges
UNIT V WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
Conserving Wildlife through Sustainable Use; The Drivers of Marine Fisheries Depletion. Current Approaches to Implementing Sustainable Fisheries Management, Management Challenges and Issues
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
O1 Understanding the concepts of natural resource management
CO2 Knowledge about Land and water management systems
CO3 Knowledge of forest management systems
CO4 Ability to understand the trending techniques of sustainable fisheries management
REFERENCES:
1. A Methodological Framework for Gender Participation in Agricultural Resources: A Study of Jhabua District of M.P., Singh S.P. and K.N. Krishna Kumar.
2. Community Forest Management in Tribal States of India (with special reference to Madhya Pradesh), Daspugta S. and D. Debnath, International Book Distributors.
3. Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management, Kotwal P.C. and M.D. Omprakash, International Book Distributors, Dehradun.
4. Ecotourism and Livelihoods, Bhattacharya A.K., Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi Forest Certification: A Tool for Sustainable Forest Management, Yadav M., P.C. Kotwal and B.L. Menaria, ISBN: 81-7969-047-4.
5. Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action, Elinor Ostrom.
6. Natural Resources, Agarwal et. all, International Institute for Environment & Development.
7. The Science of Sustainable Development: Local Livelihoods and the Global Environment, Jeffrey Sayer, Cambridge University Press.