Prelims 2014 | Important Environment and biodiversity topics.

Evil_Empire

Environment and ecology has gained big importance in Prelims since the new syllabus. Analyzing last 3 to 4 year question papers there have been nothing less than 10 to 15 or more questions on EnB. This year also we can expect good number of questions in prelims. So here we go-

1. Important protocols/conventions such as Minamata, Kyoto, Whaling, Ramsar etc.
2. Constitutional provisions for Environmental Protection.
3. List of birds/animal species recently in news, for example Houbara Bustard, Bornean Orangutans, Olive ridley etc.
4. Mercury pollution
5. National solar mission
6. National Green Tribunal
7. El Nino/La nina
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental_issues
9. enhanced energy efficiency
10. Space garbage

Feel free to list the topics which according to you should not be missed/are most improtant.

Evil_Empire

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mahatma_ji

11. UNEP
12.Ozone hole
13.Global warming(co2,co,ch4 etc.)
14.Acid rain(so2,no2)
15. carbon trading
16.ipcc-hot spot of global warming
17.Green GNP
18.Food chain vs Food web

Etat

19. Global warming and the Indian coast-line (Predictions for Eastern India )
20. Water conservation + Rainwater harvesting
21. Green building
22. Impact of interconnectivity of Indian rivers
23. Marine pollution + new marine energy sources + impact
24. Impact of a nuclear power plant on it's surroundings
25. Ozone hole mending
26. 3rd Van Allen belt
27. Changes in the Monsoon
28. Impact of urbanization on environment
29. India recently beat China in levels of air pollution

MD47

30.Green bond

dark_knight

31. IUCN release every year its red book... any species related to india in that list could be important for exam...

sandrokottos

I feel pd Sharma covers all these topics exhaustively,acc to mrunal 45 questions were asked in totality from last 2 prelim papers,so imo EnB as imp as the big 4(polity,eco,hist,geog)if not more!

Evil_Empire

32. Vulture Conservation (SAVE)
33. Dugarajapatnam port at pulicat
34. Siang River In Arunachal
35. Phailin cyclone
36. freshwater shrimps in Kerala
37. Bar coding of trees in western and eastern ghats
38. Polar vortex
39. Green rain
40. Forest rights

Etat

41. Also red rain and raining fish (seriously)

firefly

hey..what sources are to be followed for ecology? is shankar's ias printed notes enough?

Evil_Empire

hey..what sources are to be followed for ecology? is shankar's ias printed notes enough?

i have never read Shankar's ias printed notes so cnt comment but IMO for static topics you can refer any standard book or NIOS material and dynamic topics can be covered through newspapers, internet and magazines.