Important Topics List on Environment and Ecology UPSC Prelims (GS-1)

Important Topics List on Environment and Ecology

Environment and Ecology Concepts

The topics listed here are only for brief idea and Informative purpose only and may not be complete. Please comment below if you can figure any topics not stated below

UPSC Important Topics List Environment and Ecology

Important topics includes the following areas

Includes the definitions of different environment and ecological terms 

(Ecology, Ecosystem, Environment, Biodiversity, Biome, Biosphere etc- Highly important topics asked in previous exams)

1.     National parks, sanctuaries and biosphere reserves

2.     Hot spots of the world and India

3.     Desertification concepts

4.     List of endangered spices of India

5.     Red book list

6.     Wide life conservation (Project tiger, Project elephant, etc)

7.     Biospheres reserves of India

8.     Protocols (Kyoto protocol, CITES etc) (Carbon Footprints, Carbon Emissions)

9.     Environment pollution (Noise, Water, Soil pollution, Thermal pollution, Radiation pollution etc)

10.Ozone Hole Causes and Harm due to Ozone depletion.

11. Global warming and Green House Effect

12. Indian signatory to countries

13. Environment related aspects

14. Meeting and agreements mainly that effect to world climate and environment and ecological Aspects

15. Any meetings and protocols made and the topics that are recently in news for example (Paris Climate Conference) CoP-21 recently in NEWS

16. The main objective of the annual Conference of Parties (COP) is to review the Convention’s implementation.

17. 1st COP in Berlin -1995

18. Next important one is COP3 outcome: Kyoto Protocol was adopted

19. COP11 outcome: Montreal Action Plan was produced

20. COP15 in Copenhagen outcome: Agreement to success Kyoto Protocol

21. COP17 in Durban outcome: Green Climate Fund was created

22. COP21 (in 2015) also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference meeting after 20 years - Aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C)