NPTEL : NOC:WildLife Conservation (Biotechnology)

Co-ordinators : Dr. Ankur Awadhiya


Lecture 1 - Preliminaries

Lecture 2 - A closer look at Biodiversity

Lecture 3 - Economics Valuation of Biodiversity

Lecture 4 - Threats to Biodiversity

Lecture 5 - Preliminaries

Lecture 6 - Basics of Sampling

Lecture 7 - Distance Sampling - I

Lecture 8 - Distance Sampling - II

Lecture 9 - Radio-telemetry

Lecture 10 - Behavioural monitoring

Lecture 11 - What is a habitat

Lecture 12 - Habitat degradation, loss, fragmentation and displacement

Lecture 13 - Reserve selection and design

Lecture 14 - Habitat management and improvement

Lecture 15 - Some terminologies

Lecture 16 - Some common wildlife diseases

Lecture 17 - Principles of disease management

Lecture 18 - Preliminaries

Lecture 19 - Mechanical capture

Lecture 20 - Chemical capture

Lecture 21 - Capture myopathy

Lecture 22 - Care of immobilised animal

Lecture 23 - Legal aspects of capture and restraint

Lecture 24 - Other topics in capture and restraint

Lecture 25 - Preliminaries and introduction to genetics

Lecture 26 - Population genetics

Lecture 27 - Chromosomal and genetic disorders, inbreeding

Lecture 28 - Population viability analysis

Lecture 29 - Reintroductions and outbreeding

Lecture 30 - Fundamentals

Lecture 31 - Zoos and their management

Lecture 32 - Botanical gardens

Lecture 33 - Other aspects: cryopreservation, seed banks, etc.

Lecture 34 - Impacts of climate change

Lecture 35 - Plastics and biodiversity

Lecture 36 - Oil spills

Lecture 37 - Crisis and learnings: The Sariska case-study

Lecture 38 - Revision - I

Lecture 39 - Revision - II

Lecture 40 - Revision - III