ENVT2057-1 : Biodiversity and protected areas

Study Programmes 2015-2016

ENVT2057-1

Biodiversity and protected areas

Duration :

6h SEM, 18h Th

Number of credits :

Specialised master in environmental management in developing countries		2

Lecturer :

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

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

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Teachings and Field visits