Important Topics Environment & Ecology for UPSC

Focus areas in Environment & Ecology for UPSC prelims and IAS mains:

1. Environmental Ecology
2. Biodiversity
3. Climate Change
4. Institutions
5. Acts/Laws/Policies related to Environment

Topics

Concept of System

Understanding the Ecosystem

Energy Cycle

Important Terms

Biodiversity

• • Genetic Diversity
  • Species Diversity
  • Ecosystem Diversity
  • Value of Biodiversity
  • List of modern drugs derived from Plant sources
  • Endemic and Exotic species

Endemic Species and their regions

Conservation of Biodiversity

• • In-situ
  • Ex-situ

Constitutional Provisions

Statutory Acts/Bodies

International Conferences/Protocols

Climate Change -a brief

Climate Change

• • Implications for India
  • Response to Climate Change
  • National Action Plan on Climate Change

Pollution

• • Categories
  • Causes
  • Types of Particulates
  • International Conventions