Gold medalist in Economics and graduate from St. Francis. Loves to read novels. 

Mohini Jain

This course will cover Environment  and Ecology system.

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UPSC CSE - GS

UPSC - Civil Services Examination (IAS) Preparation

English

Crash Course on Environment

Practice & Crash Course

Environment & Ecology

UPSC CSE

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Test Preparation

Union Public Service Commission Exams (UPSC)

PS: will cover important topics which are not there in the book!

Overview

Meaning of Ecology, environment and levels of organizations in ecology.

Ecology - 1

Levels of organizations in ecology and comparison between ecology, ecosystem and environment.

Ecology - 2

Energy flow, food chain, food web, concept of productivity, process of decomposition, ecological pyramids, bioaccumalation and biomagnification.

Functions of ecosystem - 1

Biotic interaction, bio geo chemical cycle and ecological succession.

Functions of ecosystem - 2

Biodiversity types, measurement, loss and conservation.

Biodiversity - 1

Conservation of biodiversity and IUCN classification.

Biodiversity - 2

WPA Act, 1972.

Coastal protected Area, sacred grooves and Biosphere reserves.

Protected Area Network - 1

MAB, hot spots and hottest of the hot spots.

Protected Area Network - 2

Biodiversity cold spots, hope spots, mega diversity country and world heritage sites.

Protected Area Network - 3

Conservation efforts - 1

Conservation efforts - 2

Indian Rhino vision 2020, project snow leopard, sea turtle project and Indian crocodile conservation project.

Conservation efforts - 3

Conservation efforts - 4

Climate change and global warming. Indicators of human finger print on climate change. Indicators of warming world.

Climate Change - 1

Climate change - 2

Climate Change - 3

Black carbon and brown carbon. Climate forcings and global warming.

Climate Change - 4

Global warming potential and carbon budgeting.

Climate Change - 5

Ocean Acidification - 1

Influence of other factors and calcium carbonate.

Ocean Acidification - 2

Ozone Depletion - 1

Other sources of ozone depletion and role of polar stratospheric clouds in ozone depletion.

Ozone Depletion - 2

Important aspects related to ozone depletion.

Ozone Depletion - 3

Inter generation equity = between two generations 
Intra generation equity = in the same generation 
Introduction to environment impact assessment.

EIA - 1

EIA - 2

Last two stages of EIA. Scams related to it and recommendations.

EIA - 3

Social impact assessment and strategic environment assessment.

EIA - 4

Aquatic ecosystem - 1

Factors limiting productivity of Aquatic ecosystem.

Aquatic ecosystem - 2

Lake ecosystem. Function and threats. Lake aging. Biological oxygen demand and chemical oxygen demand.

Lakes ecosystem - 1

Lakes ecosystem - 2

Introduction to wetlands. Wetlands vs. Lakes. Classification of wetlands.

Wetlands - 1

Characteristics of wetlands. Bog vs. Fens. India and wetlands.

Wetlands - 2

National wetlands inventory and assessment. 2012 report on wetlands. 2017 wetlands rules.

Wetlands - 3

Ramsar wetland sites in India. Montreux sites on India.

Wetlands - 4

Estuary ecosystem.

Introduction to Mangroves. Features of Mangroves. Types of Mangroves.

Mangroves ecosystem - 1

Important conditions for Mangroves. Limiting factors. Indian distribution.

Mangroves ecosystem - 2

Stress of Mangroves. Importance and threat. Coastal regulation zones.

Mangroves ecosystem - 3

Coral reefs. Conditions. Types. Cold water corals.

Coral reefs - 1

Coral formation. Indian distribution of corals. Coral bleaching. Coral 'sun-block'.

Coral reefs - 2

I completed my masters in Environmental science. I qualified NTA UGC NET JRF. I also qualified ICAR NET and now pursuing PhD.

Jyoti Bala

This Course covers Important concepts of biodiversity. This Course is beneficial for UPSC CSE aspirants.

(Hindi) Biodiversity Conservation : UPSC CSE

Travelling gives you 'experience' & teaching 'immortalizes' it.  Loves both :)  

Vimal Singh Rathore

In this course, aspirants will get to know all the important concepts, conventions, agreements and latest initiatives in Environment and Ecology, for UPSC/IAS and all other competitive exams.

(Hindi) Everything in Environment and Ecology for UPSC/IAS

In this course Vimal has explained all the important conventions on Environment and Ecology. This is one of the most important and scoring section of UPSC Prelims and other State Civil Services Exams.

Important International Conventions on Environment and Ecology

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B.Sc. PHYSICS (Hons.), DU. 
ENGLISH 198.7/200. TIER I - 50/50 TWICE. 
Erstwhile educator - Examo.
Duty-bound grateful.

Arsh Chhabra

The course is going to deal with previous 10 year questions, in prelims, from Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change. It intends to help the aspirants to direct the focus on the right content while studying, become more familiar with the sort of questions asked and move a step ahead to achieve their dream.

Environment and Ecology Past 10 Years UPSC CSE Questions

Everything in Environment and Ecology for UPSC/IAS

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Sudarshan Gurjar

This Course is All about Eutrophication!! This Course is beneficial for UPSC CSE aspirants.

Lessons

43 lessons • 6h 12m