Environmental Management in Bihar

Bihar is an Indian state considered to be a part of Eastern as well as Northern India. It is the 13th-largest state of India, with an area of 94,163 km (36,357 sq mi). The third-largest state of India by population, it is contiguous with Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, with Jharkhand to the south. Environmental management is not, as the phrase could suggest, the management of the environment as such, but rather the management of interaction by the modem human societies with, and impact upon the environment. The three main issues that affect managers are those involving politics (networking), programmes (projects), and resources (money, facilities, etc.). Bihar has a diverse climate. Its temperature is subtropical in general, with hot summers and cool winters. Bihar is a vast stretch of fertile plain. It is drained by the Ganges River, including its northern tributaries Gandak and Koshi, originating in the Nepal Himalayas and the Bagmati originating in the Kathmandu Valley that regularly flood parts of the Bihar plains. Bihar faces the great environmental challenges due to climate change. It has wide-ranging effects on the environment, and on socioeconomic sectors, including water resources, agriculture and food security, human health, ecosystems and biodiversity. Students, after going through the book, would have an elaborate insight into the subject covered.