Bi0710 Case studies in nature conservation

Přírodovědecká fakulta
jaro 2020

Předmět se v období jaro 2020 nevypisuje.

Rozsah
2/0/0. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
doc. Dipl. Biol. Jiří Schlaghamerský, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
doc. Dipl. Biol. Jiří Schlaghamerský, Ph.D.
Ústav botaniky a zoologie – Biologická sekce – Přírodovědecká fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: doc. Dipl. Biol. Jiří Schlaghamerský, Ph.D.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Ústav botaniky a zoologie – Biologická sekce – Přírodovědecká fakulta
Předpoklady
There are no formal prerequisites. However, knowledge of fundamentals of ecology and a good idea about organismic diversity will greatly facilitate the student's understanding of the subject matter. Attendance to the teacher's general Nature Conservation course (regularly taught in Czech) is helpful in that respect but not a necessity.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 10 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu
The aim of the course is to provide the students with a number of examples - presented as case studies on various aspects of nature conservation and of environmental problems (with direct conservation relevance). These examples will cover both global issues of conservation and such more closely associated with the situation in (Central) Europe. Exploring cases of various types of threat and conservation measures in considerable detail shall deepen the student's understanding of the challenges organisations and individuals concerned with conservation have been facing, measures taken and to what extent these have been successful. Focus is on the scientific background of the processes (conservation biology, ecology) at work but attention is also given to conservation management issues, including sociological and political ones.
Výstupy z učení
At the end of this course, students should be able to 1) reproduce (retell) the main aspects of the case studies presented during the course, 2) explain the lessons (to be) learned from these examples, 3) demonstrate their ability to transfer those to other situations not dealt with in the course, 4) demonstrate their familiarity with English technical terms relevant in the nature conservation context and their ability to explain them.
Osnova
  • The presented case studies will cover environmental problems such as acidification and eutrophication of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, pollution and subsequent remediation of a large river, the destruction of tropical rain forests and the paradox of infertile soil in a highly productive ecosystem, impacts of river regulations (damming, straightening the river channel, preventing the flooding of the floodplain), habitat fragmentation, the drying out of large water bodies due to overexploitation of water resources, present threats to wildlife due to poaching, problems of survival and reintroduction of large predators and other species potentially causing economic or other damage, problems of invasive species and their impact on native species and ecosystems (e.g. invasive earthworms in North America, fungal diseases and their vectors attacking tree species), the protection of "primeval forest relicts" and generally species associated with veteran trees and dead wood.
Literatura
  • Will be provided to the enrolled students (selected papers and other printed material on the subject)
Výukové metody
lectures
Metody hodnocení
Depending on the number of students enrolled their achievment will be assessed either (preferably as long as the number of students is below ca 10) by an oral exam covering at least three of the broader topics presented in the lectures or by a written exam consisting of a series of open questions to be answered by coherent text (both possibly with the use of drawings of graphs etc. to illustrate the explanations given).
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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Výuka probíhá každý týden.
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