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ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY: Basic Concepts in Environmental Science highlights all the important topic in interesting manner to understand all the terms and topic to the point. The book has 8 chapters. First chapter focuses on multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies; components of environment (atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere), scope and sustainable development. Second chapter deals with types and structure of ecosystem; functions of ecosystem; and biogeochemical (nutrient cycling) processes. Third chapter explains different types of natural resources and energy; some important concepts like National Solar Mission, Cauvery River water conflict, Sardar Sarovar dam, Chipko movement, Appiko movement, Tarun Bharat Sangh etc. Fourth chapter highlights different aspects on Environmental pollution (air, water, soil, thermal, and noise) and causes, effects, and controls; and some important topics on Ganga Action Plan (GAP}, Delhi air pollution and public health issues, Plastic waste management rules, Bhopal gas tragedy etc. Fifth Chapter deals with global environmental issues and policies, international agreements and programmes like Earth Summit, UNFCCC, Montreal and Kyoto protocols, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Ramsar convention, The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), UNEP, CITES etc; different environmental laws in India. Sixth chapter enumerates on biodiversity and some projects (e.g., Project Tiger, Project Elephant, Vulture breeding program, Project Great Indian Bustard, Crocodile conservation project, Silent Valley movement, Save Western Ghats movement etc). Seventh chapter clears important issues like Human Communities and the Environment, human population growth and some environmental movements. Eighth chapter deals with some important concept such as EIA and bioindicator etc.