• Concept of Renewable and Non-renewable resources
• Land resources and landuse change; Land degradation, soil erosion and desertification
Deforestation: Causes, consequences and remedial measures
•Water: Use and over-exploitation of surface and ground water, floods, droughts, conflicts over water (international & inter-state).
•Energy resources: Environmental impacts of energy generation, use of alternative and nonconventional energy sources, growing energy needs.