Exam Details

Subject Natural Resource Management : Physical and Biotic
Paper
Exam / Course Post Graduate Diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development
Department School of Sciences (SOS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

Define a resource. By citing suitable examples, differentiate between renewable and non-renewable resources.

What are the different types of soils? Give their important features.

Expand any two of the following abbreviations and give one function of each:

NBFGR

EPA

CITES

Name the world's Heritage sites from India.

Briefly discuss the factors responsible for the degradation of land resources.

What is Ramsar Convention Briefly state its aims.

"Biodiversity provides an unbelievable range of products." Comment.

Briefly explain how biodiversity helps In ecosystem regulation.

4. "Loss of global biodiversity has adverse effects on human society." Discuss.

5. Write short notes on any two of the following:

In-situ conservation of biodiversity

Aesthetic value of biodiversity

Ecotourism and biodiversity

Natural extinction of species


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Agriculture and Environment
  • Energy and Environment
  • Globalization and Environment
  • Integrated Environmental Management : Urban and Rural
  • Natural Resource Management : Physical and Biotic
  • Sustainable Development: Issues and Challenges
  • Towards Participatory Management
  • Understanding The Environment