EESD 504

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Program: M.Ed EESD

Course Code: EESD 504

Nature of the Course: Theory and Practical

Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours

Instructor: Professor Amulya Ratna Tuladhar

Date: Spring Semester 2010

Course Description and Objectives

The syllabus of EESD 504 Environmental Management has been designed for students of the Masters of Education Program in Environmental Education and Sustainable Development of Kathmandu University. Having had courses in the Fundamentals of Ecology; Environment and Sustainable Development; Global Change; and Humans and Environment, these students will now be exposed to theoretical and practical tools for solving and managing some of the key environmental problems.

The selection of environmental problems and management approaches is focused on using Nepal as the key case study and Bangladesh where possible. Since Nepal’s and Bangladesh’s environmental problems and management are primarily still rural and natural resource based with about 85% of the people still in villages, the course structure reflects due emphasis on this sector over urban environmental issues. The course will end with a review of overall Environmental Management Theory and Tools that can be useful for Nepal and Bangladesh

Course Content

The following environmental issues will be covered:

1. Population Challenge

2. Forest Cover Change

3. Biodiversity Loss

4. Land Degradation

5. Floodwater damage

6. Global Climate Change

7. Air and Noise Pollution

8. Water and Solid Waste Pollution

9. Environmental Management Theory and Tools

For each of these issues, the lecture template will discuss the major problems and management solutions attempted at the global scale and in particular Nepal or Bangladesh scale. Students will be exposed to both the macroscale overview of problems and the science and human dimensions involved as well as microscale specificities of actual solutions attempted and their relative successes in the country case study. Throughout the student teacher interaction, emphasis will be on synthesizing the need to approach the issues from multiple theoretical and practical angles that challenge students from academic backgrounds of sciences, business, education and humanities.

In addition to the Theory lectures, there will be 3 practical hands-on exercises. They are:

1. Field visit to an Urban Pollution management by Technological Approach such as the Guheswori Sewage Treatment Plant or a Landfill site.

2. Field visit to a Natural Resource management site such as the Godavari ICIMOD Demonstration Site of Usable Mountain Environmental Conservation Techniques

3. Computer Lab Analysis using Space Age Technologies of Google Earth to understand Global Climate Change Effects on Glacier Lakes and Protected Areas of Nepal and Flood damage in Nepal and Bangladesh.

Grading Policy

Students will be graded as follows:

Internal Evaluation: 40% of your final grade as follows:

1. Math oriented Analysis of Demographic Transition Curve Application for Nepal. PAPER = 5 %

2. English and Social Theory Oriented Term Paper on critiquing any of the Environmental Issues covered in Class. PAPER = 5 %

3. Practical Participation in Real Life Examples of Environmental Management in the Field and Labs. PARTICIPATION = 5 % EACH OR 15 % TOTAL.

4. Seminars = 15 %

External Evaluation: 60% of your final grade in Final End of Term Written Exam.

Teaching Resources

1. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMPEDIUM

This will be a detailed list of all the readings materials that are assigned as MUST READ as well as RECOMMENDED READINGS for those who want to delve further into a given issue for their Term Projects or later reference. This COMPEDIUM will also give a list of INTERNET RESOURCES in terms of helpful web sites or downloaded documents which students might want to read.

2. MUST READ ASSIGNMENTS will be given to students each day. Generally they will cover an introductory article and a state of the art critique of environmental management of the issue discussed. The Final Examination will be based on these readings and class lecture notes.

3. CLASS PARTICIPATION. Students are expected to be present in ALL CLASSES, Seminars, AND FIELD TRIPS and LAB WORK. Marks are explicitly awarded for FIELD AND LAB PARTICIPATION. Students who are unable to participate should contact the Professor for alternate work to be graded.

4. RECOMMENDED READINGS. These readings may be in hard prints available in the COMPEDIUM or soft copies, given in class as digital files and folders of documents, internet sites. Students are expected to make copies, read them at least once to know what is covered in each one so they know where to look for information for their Term Papers or Examination or future reference.

Lesson Plan

Day Date	Environment Problem	Environmental Management	Teaching Tools Student Participation
1. Feb 16 2010	Population	Population Control	Lectures, A/V presentation, Readings, Theory Paper on DTM of Nepal Lecture, Readings
2. Feb 23, 2010	Forest Degradation	Community Forestry
3. Mar 2, 2010	Biodiversity Loss	Biodiversity Conservation	Lecture, A/V, Readings, Lecture, Readings,
4. Mar 9, 2010	Land Degradation: Soil Erosion and Fertility Loss	Soil Fertility Conservation, Policy Reform, Rigorous Research
5. Mar 16, 2010	Floods. Flood Control, Hazard management
6. Mar 23, 2010	FIELD TRIP TO GODAVARI ICIMOD RESEARCH STATION
7. Mar 30, 2010	Global Climate Change Effects	GLOF management, Carbon Trade for Biogas, Community Forests	Lecture., A/V, Readings
8. April 6, 2010 COMPUTER LAB: GOOGLE EARTH OF GLOFS AND PROTECT. AREAS
9. April 13, 2010 SEMINAR 1: TEAM PRESENTATION
10. April 20, 2010 Field Visit GUHESWORI Sewage Treatment PLANT
11. April 27, 2010	Air and Noise Pollution	Technical and Policy Tools	Lecture, A/V, Readings
12. May 4,2010	Water/Solid Waste Pollution	Technical and policy tools	Lecture, A/V, Readings
13. May 11, 2010	SEMINAR 2 TEAM
14. May 18, 2010	Environment Management Theory/Tools	Environment Management in Nepal	Lecture, A/V, Readings
15. May 25,V2010	DAY 14 LECTURES CONTINUED
16. June 1, 2010	SEMINAR 3 INDIVIDUAL
17. JUNE 8, 2010
18. JUNE 15, 2010	FINAL WRITTEN EXAM REVIEW

P.S. For details of references, course content, please see the Compendium for Environmental Management.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

A COMPENDIUM OF READINGS FOR:

Program: Med in Environmental Education and Sustainable Development

Course Code: EESD 504

Nature of the Course: Theory and Practical

Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours

Instructor: Professor Amulya Ratna Tuladhar

Date: Spring 2010

[MUST READ for final exam are highlighted in bold for all topics below]

POPULATION CHALLENGE & CONTROL

Readings:

1. The Population Bomb. Wikipedia, 2006.

2. Thomas Malthus: “A Summary View of the Principle of Population”. Encyclopedia Britannica. 1830.

3. GEO-2000: Chapter One: Global Perspectives on the Key Drivers. UNEP.

4. World Population, More than Just Numbers. PRB, 2006.

5. World Population Growth Trends in Power Point Handouts. PRB. 2006

6. The Demographic Transition in Power Point Handouts. PRB. 2006.

7. Nepal Demographic Statistics. PRB. 2006.

Supplemental Resources in pdf, internet web sites, available in Folder Package for this Chapter:

1. CHAPTER 2: POPULATION SIZE, GROWTH AND DISTRIBUTION. - Ritu Pantha*and - Bharat Raj Sharma **. CBS Population Monograph.

2. Part Two: Census 2001 Indicators of Nepal Population. ICIMOD.

3. Population Trends. ICIMOD/CBS.

FOREST DEGRADATION & COMMUNITY FORESTRY CRITIQUES

Readings:

1. GEO-2000: Chapter Two: The State of the Environment, Regional Synthesis of Forests. UNEP. 2006.

2. Chapter 4: Forestry and Biodiversity: Environment Assessment of Nepal, Emerging Issues and Challenges. ADB/ICIMOD. 2007.

3. Nepal’s Forest Policies on Community Forestry Development: the Government Perspective. Keshav Raj Kanel. 2006. ICIMOD: “Capitalisation and Sharing of Experiences on the Interaction between Forest Policies and Land Use Patterns in Asia, Linking People with Resources, Volume 2 Technical Papers.

4. Community Forestry: A Critical Assessment, The Case of Nepal. Sabine Haussler. “The Ecologist”.Vol23.1993.

5. Deforesting the Social Construction of Deforestation, A Book Review of “The Social Dynamics of Deforestation”. Amulya R. Tuladhar. “Professional Geographer”. 1997.

6. Latest statistics on Nepal forests from Forest Ministry web page.

BIODIVERSITY LOSS & CONSERVATION

Readings:

1. BIODIVERSITY. E. O. Wilson. 1988. National Academy Press.

2. GEO-2000 Chapter Two: Biodiversity. UNEP. 2006.

3. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Findings: Biodiversity Synthesis. www.MAweb.org. 2006.

4. Sustaining Agricultural Biodiversity. UKabc2006.

5. Status Review National Strategies for Sustainable Development: Forestry/Rangeland/Biodiversity. Tirtha Bahadur Shrestha. IUCN 2001.

6. Opportunities for Income through Biodiversity Conservation. Eklabya Sharma et al. IUCN 2005.

7. BIODIVERISTY, A THIRD WORLD PERSPECTIVE. Vandana Shiva. 1990.

8. Biodiversity: Environmental Problem and Management, Power Point handout by Prof. A.R.Tuladhar. 2007.

9. GOOGLE EARTH MAP OF PROTECTED AREAS OF NEPAL.

LAND DEGRADATION & MANAGEMENT

Readings:

1. Land Resources and Land Degradation. Chapter 3. Environment Assessment of Nepal, Emerging Issues and Challenges, ADB/ICIMOD. 2006.

2. An Integrated Nutrient Management System for Sustaining Soil Fertility in Nepal Hills. D.B.Sherchan et al. Pakhribas. ICIMOD, 1995.

3. The Nepal middle mountains. N.S.Jodha. In “Regions at Risk” UN University. 1995.

4. Upstream-downstream in the Himalayas, An Old Debate revisited. R. J. Wasson. ICIMOD, 2005.

5. 4. The erosion problem in crowded Nepal – crisis of environment or crisis of explanation? IN “Land Degradation and Society” by Piers Blaikie and Harold Brookfield, 1987.

6. Environmental Crisis and Development Discourse in the Nepal Himalaya. Julie Harriet Guthman. U of California, Berkeley. 1995.

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS &

LOCAL RESPONSES

Readings:

1. Global Climate, A long way to go yet. John Vidal. “The Guardian” Dec 21, 2007.

2. Glacial Lake Outburst Floods and Risk Engineering in the Himalaya. Jack d. Ives, ICIMOD. 1986.

3. Chapter 7: Air Pollution and Climate Change. “Environment Assessment of Nepal, Emerging Issues and Challenges.” ADB/ICIMOD. 2006.

4. Climate Change and its implications for human health in the Himalaya. Mats Eriksson. ICIMOD, 2006.

5. Saving Global Carbon to Benefit Local Communities. K. Banskota and Ngmindra Dahal. ICIMOD, 2006.

6. The Carbon Market as an Emerging Livelihood Opportunity for Communities the Himalaya. A. Tiwari and P. Phartiyal. ICIMOD, 2006.

7. GOOGLE EARTH MAP OF GLOFS OF NEPAL. ICIMOD.2007

URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS & MANAGEMENT:

AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION

Readings:

1. GEO-2000 The State of the Environment: Urban Areas. UNEP. 2006.

2. Chapter 8 Urban Environment. “Environment Assessment of Nepal.”

ADB/ICIMOD, 2006.

3. Air Resources. In “Environmental Studies” by A.K.De et al. 2005.

4. Solutions: Preventing and Reducing Air Pollution. “Living in the Environment” by G. Tyler Miller, 2002.

5. Air Quality and Traffic Management. “Kathmandu Valley Environment Outlook, 2007”. ICIMOD.

6. Noise Pollution. “Environmental Pollution” N. Manivasakam. 2002.

7. FOR LATEST DETAILS ON URBAN POLLUTION OF KATHMANDU VALLEY, THE FULL BOOK IS AVAILABLE AT www.icimod.org/publications/books on-line.

URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS & MANAGEMENT:

WATER POLLUTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

Readings:

1. Water Pollution. In “Environmental Studies” by A. K. De et al 2005.

2. Waste Management. In “Environmental Management” by N.K.Uberoi, 2003.

3. Waste Management. In “Kathmandu Valley Environment Outlook.” ICIMOD, 2007.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT:

THEORY, TOOLS, APPLICATIONS IN NEPAL.

Readings:

1. Environmental Management, Chapter 5. In “Principles of Environmental Science, Engineering and Management.” By Dr. A. M. Thirumurthy. SPD, India. 2004.

2. Risk, Toxicology and Human Health. In “Environmental Quality and Pollution, Part IV” by G. Tyler Miller. Living in the Environment. 2002.

3. Problems and Policy Recommendations for Kathmandu Valley. In “Kathmandu Valley Environment Outlook.” ICIMOD, 2007.

4. List of Key Environmental Laws and Related Legislation in Nepal, Appendix 14.1 and Appendix 14.2 Some Common Constraints Faced by Nepal in Implementation of Environmental Impact Assessment, and Annex: Millennium Development Goals and the Environment in Nepal. In “Environment Assessment of Nepal, Emerging Issues and Challenges”. ICIMOD, 2006.

BANGLADESH ADDENDUM: TO BE SUPPLIED LATER IN CLASS

Amulya Tuladhar