We are very glad to present this book on ES-115 “Environmental Studies”
in the hands of First Year students of all streams and teachers. The book is strictly
compiled according to the National Education Policy (NEP) pattern syllabus
framed by the board of studies, KBC NMU, Jalgaon for First Year students and
to be implemented from June-2022. The book is written in very simple language
giving exhaustive details on topics included there in.
The authors, with their long experience in environmental teaching and
research, took up the challenge and brought out a standard text book. The book
is written as per the KBC NMU, Jalgaon and the various units associated with
it, have been presented in a simple and lucid style to suit the requirements of the
course. The exercise as descriptive answer questions and multiple type questions
with their answer key are given at the end of each unit for practice are intended
to reinforce the knowledge of the students.
This book covers the major environmental aspects as per the syllabus
framed by the KBC NMU, Jalgaon, like major environmental ecosystems,
natural resources, biodiversity and their conservation, environmental pollution,
environmental policies and practices, human communities and environment and
guidelines for field work study.
This textbook enables the students to develop an understanding of today’s
most important environmental issues. It helps students to grasp the scientific
foundation of environmental topics so; they can better understand the nature
around them and their impact. This book will be useful to the students of Arts,
Science, Commerce, Pharmacy and Management to understand the environment
related subjects in their courses.
We offer our sincere thanks to Shri. Rangrao Patil of Prashant Publications,
Jalgaon for his keen interest in publishing this book. The authors welcome
constructive suggestions and comment from fellow teachers and beloved students
to improve the content of book further.