EV3251:03
Environmental Impacts of Human Activities in Protected Areas
Cairns
Prerequisites: Level 2 EV or TG subject
Inadmissable Subject Combination: EV5251 TG3209 TG5209
26 lectures, 13 hours seminars, 26 hours workshops, 2 days field work. July intensive block mode.
Available to TG or EV students subject to approval of Head of School.
Staff: Dr S Turton.
This subject examines the applicability and techniques derived from ecological and earth sciences which are of particular value in protected area management; environmental and human-induced impacts in protected areas; factors affecting human impacts in protected areas; management strategies and concepts; research design for measuring and monitoring human impacts in protected areas; visitor and site management; applications in terrestrial and marine ecosystems (especially tropical rainforest); biological and physical environment field survey; data analysis and interpretation techniques; reviews of previous work undertaken in northern Australian protected areas. The main emphasis is on terrestrial ecosystems (especially tropical environments), but marine and ocean island systems are also included.
Learning Objectives:
- to familiarise students with the nature of protected areas;
- development of techniques for measuring and monitoring human impacts in protected areas as a basis for ecologically sustainable management.
Assessment by examination (40%); essay (20%); seminar (10%); field report (30%).