IGNOU MED-05 (January 2025 – December 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Explain how sustainable development led to the idea of integrated environment management.
2. Analyse the measures for alleviating poverty in rural area.
3. Suggest any five individual and community initiatives for improving urban environments. What initiatives can you take in your area?
4. Describe the concept of joint forest management. Give the background for its emergence. What are the challenges faced by joint forest management in India?
5. Explain cost benefit analysis and how it can be applied to environmental management?
6. Name the two important NGOs of international repute in the field of environment and describe their principal activities.
7. Discuss the political and economic constraints on policy making
8. Write short notes on the following (not exceeding 200 words):
a) Industrial waste management
b) Environmental carrying capacity
c) Feminism and feminist movements
d) Biocentrism and ecocentrism
e) Environmental equity
f) Role of civil society in environmental management
IGNOU MED-05 (January 2024 – December 2024) Assignment Questions
1. Elucidate the concept of integrated environmental management. Explain its principles and process.
2. What is Environmental Ethics? Define and discuss the terms: Anthropocentrism, Ecofeminism and Ecocentrism
3. Discuss the strategies for disposal of industrial wastes in environmentally sustainable manner.
4. ‘Scarcity provides the catalyst for innovation and change.’ Describe by citing an example.
5. Explain the role of private sector and civil societies in environmental management.
6. Elaborate on the two paradigms of rural development.
7. Forests when managed with an ecosystem approach can cater to the diverse needs of communities. Justify this statement.
8. Write short notes on the following:
a) Public Interest Litigations (PILs)
b) National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS)
c) Global Environment Facility (GEF)
d) Agriculture after World War II
e) Reforestation
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