The Different Branches of Environmental Science

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The Different Branches of Environmental Science

Environmental Science

is a multidisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems.

Wildlife Management

Basic Science

1. is the art of making land produce sustained annual crops of wild game for recreational use” (Leopold 1933)

2. “The management of wildlife populations” (Caughley and Sinclair 1994)

3. “The science and art of managing wildlife, their habitats, and ecosystems for long-term human benefit" (White 2004)

Applied Science

Physical Science

Social Science

Biological Science

Forestry

the sciences concerned with the study of inanimate natural objects, including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and related subjects.

is a discipline of science that applies existing scientific knowledge to develop more practical applications, such as technology or inventions for the benefit of human kind.

branch of natural science dealing with living things, such as their structure, behavior, organization, life processes, as well as their interactions with each other and with the natural environment.

is the science or practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests. (Merriam Webster)

the scientific study of human society and social relationships.

defined as the theory and practice of all that constitutes the creation, conservation and scientific management of forests and the utilization of their resources (Anon, 1966)

Engineering

Biology

Agriculture

Sociology

Physics

the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society.

the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.

the branch of science and technology concerned with the design, building, and use of engines, machines, and structures.

the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. The subject matter of physics includes mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms.

the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

Political Science

Botany

Medicine

the branch of knowledge that deals with systems of government; the analysis of political activity and behavior.

Chemistry

the scientific study of plants, including their physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance.

the science or practice of dealing with the maintenance of health and the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease.

the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed; the investigation of their properties and the ways in which they interact, combine, and change; and the use of these processes to form new substances.

Psychology

Zoology

is the scientific study of the the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting one's behavior.

the scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals.

Geology

Economics

the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.

Ecology

the branch of social science that deals with the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services and management or a certain place.

the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

Business Administration

a program of studies on general business theory, management, and practices.