RT-515 Natural Resources Management (NRM)

Syllabus:
Introduction to Natural Resource Bases: Concept of resource, carrying capacity, ecological foot print and sustainability; Natural resources of different geographical regions of India; Factors influencing resource availability, distribution and uses; Interrelationships among different types of natural resources; Concern on productivity issues. Resource Management Paradigms: Evolution of resource management paradigms, resource extraction, access and control system. Basic management issues associated with key natural resources viz. Forest, Land, Water, Minerals. Approaches in Resource Management: Ecological approach; economic approach; ethnological approach; implications of the approaches; participatory rural appraisal (PRA); role of indigenous knowledge in Natural Resources Management (NRM); Technologies for NRM: Farmers’ field based technologies and tools for NRM; Case studies from few agro-ecological zones of India; Various crop models, landuse models, nutrient models; Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA); Precision farming technologies (PFT); Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for NRM.

Texts:
1. E.P. Odum, Fundamentals of Ecology, W.B. Saunders Co. USA, 574p (Indian edition), 2005.
2. D. R. Lynch, Sustainable Natural Resource Management: For Scientists and Engineers, Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
References:
1. M.C. Dash, Concepts of Environmental Management for Sustainable Development Publisher: I K International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2013.
2. G. Shivakoti, U. Pradhan, H. Helmi (editors), Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Asia, Volume 1st Edition, Sustainable Natural Resources Management in Dynamic Asia, Editors:, ISBN: 9780128054543, Elsevier, 2016.
3. P. Rogers, K. F. Jalal, J. A. Boyd, An Introduction to Sustainable Development. Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition, ISBN-10: 1844075206, 2007.