Environmental ecology, biodiversity and climate change is added to the
syllabus of G.S paper I of prelims examination in 2011.
If you analyse the trend of past five years, 10 to 15 questions are
being asked from this part of the syllabus.
SOURCES OF PREPARATION:
1.
NCERT
books of general science and geography (covers some key concepts related to
this part).
2.
Indian
Year Book 2017/ 2018 - chapter on Environment
3.
Economic
survey 2017 -18: Key points compilations of climate change and Environment
related issues
4.
Budget
2018-19 allocations to Environment ministry
5.
Regular
updates from Ministry of Environment, forests and climate change website
6.
Chapter 4,
5 & 7 from 12th five year plan Volume I
7.
Press
Information bureau features related to environment
8.
Press
Information Releases of Ministry of Environment, Forests and climate change
(monthly releases).
9.
News and
editorials related to Environment part from newspapers.
HOW TO PREPARE:
First read the questions related to
environment, biodiversity, climate change from the previous questions papers. It
will make you understand the standard and pattern of questions asking.
Start your preparation with fundamentals
or basics given in NCERT / NIOS / CBSE books.
Once you complete the basics go for
sources mentioned above.
While reading from the above sources you will come across various
terms, issues, institutes, organisations, treaties, conferences, publication
reports etc related to Environment.
For example if you come across a news item – “ Twenty Third (23rd) conference
of parties (COP – 23) to the United Nations Framework convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) being held at the Bonn, Germany from November 6 – 17, 2017”
From this new item, you have to
collect points regarding
Conference of Parties (cop) and
UNFCCC.
In this way you have to learn
concepts, terms, issues related to the syllabus.