Syllabus (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE)

Course Type: MAJ-11

Semester: 7

Course Code: BENVMAJ11T

Course Title: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TOOLS & LAWS

(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: To develop sound knowledge on EIA, Environmental accounting and Auditing To provide information on different Environmental Laws, Policy, and Conventions

Learning Outcome: Students gain knowledge on EIA, Environmental Accounting and Environmental Audit, Environmental Laws, Policy, and Conventions

Environmental Management Tools - EIA (LECTURE – 30)

Environmental Impact Assessment; Goals and evolution of impact assessment, technology assessment; Environmental inventory; Techniques and methods of EIA

Environmental Management Tools - Environmental Accounting and Environmental Audit (LECTURE – 25)

Environmental accounting--objectives, financial accounting, social accounting; Concept, importance and procedures of environmental audit; Overview on environmental audit programmes in India; Life cycle assessment (LCA): Concept and Procedure

Environmental Laws, Policy, and Conventions (LECTURE – 35)

Basic concept on law, rules, act, treaty; Public Policy and PILs; Environmental provisions in the Indian Constitution- Article 48A, 51A (g); Role of Hon’ble Supreme Court and Hon’ble High Court in Environmental Protection; Green Bench

Objectives & Principles of The Environment Protection Act, 1986; The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981; The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974; The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Act, 2000; Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991; National and International Treaties, Conventions, Declarations, etc.

Suggested Books

1. Environmental Impact Assessment, Canter, L. McGraw Hill
2. Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: An Introduction, Barrow; John Wiley & Sons
3. Environmental Impact Assessment: A Guide to Best Professional Practices (HB) Taylor & Francis (CRC)
4. Environment and Pollution Laws, S K Mohanty; Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2005
5. Environmental law in India, P Leelakrishnan; LaxisNexis
6. Environmental Law and Policy in India-Cases and Materials; Divan, Rosencranz; Oxford Publisher