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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
ENVT2057-1  Biodiversity and protected areas
Duration :  6h SEM, 18h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Advanced Master in Environmental Management in developing countries Toute l'année2
Holder(s) :  Grégory Mahy
Language :  French language
Course contents :  1. Biodiversity
a. Définition
b. Measuring biodiversity
c. How do we value biodiversity ?
2. The biodiversity crisis
a. Extinction rates
b. Destruction and fragmentation of habitats
c. Species exploitation
3. Protected areas
a. The history of protected areas
b. A legal framework for protected areas
c. Ecological paradigms and their application to protected areas
d. The basic rules for the design of potected areas network
e. Human within prtected areas
f. Cases study
Course objective :  To provide a synthesis of biodiversity management in the contexte of protected areas.
After completing the course the student is expected to
be able to set up a strategy to built a network of protected areas in a given eco-socio context
Organization :  Lectures : 18h
Seminars : 6h
Written notes :  LOCKWOOD et al. 2006. Managing Protected Areas. IUCN. Bibliothèque Ecologie.
Assessment :  Oral examination (100%)
Contacts :  Mahy, Grégory (Professeur)
Ecologie
081 62 22 45
mahy.g@fsagx.ac.be


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