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| ENVT2057-1 | Biodiversity and protected areas
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| Duration : | 6h SEM, 18h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Grégory Mahy |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| 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 |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 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 |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 18h
Seminars : 6h |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| LOCKWOOD et al. 2006. Managing Protected Areas. IUCN. Bibliothèque Ecologie. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination (100%) |
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Contacts :
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| Mahy, Grégory (Professeur)
Biodiversity and Landscape unit
081 62 22 45
mahy.g@fsagx.ac.be |
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