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Study programmes 2012-2013Last update : 18/06/2013
ENVT2057-1  Biodiversity and protected areas

Duration :  6h SEM, 18h Th
Number of credits :  
Advanced Master in Environmental Management in developing countries 2
Lecturer :  Grégory Mahy
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the second semester
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
Learning outcomes of the course :  
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
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Lectures : 18h
Seminars : 6h
Recommended or required readings :  
LOCKWOOD et al. 2006. Managing Protected Areas. IUCN. Bibliothèque Ecologie.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Oral examination (100%)
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Mahy, Grégory (Professeur) Biodiversity and Landscape unit 081 62 22 45 mahy.g@fsagx.ac.be


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