EV3255 - Managing Rainforest Wildlife
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Environmental Sciences |
Available to students who have completed BZ1001 or EV1001 (or equivalent), BZ1002 and GE2502.
This subject provides students with an opportunity to expand and strengthen their conceptual and applied skills in addressing problems in the management and conservation of tropical wildlife. This advanced subject will allow students possessing an existing theoretical understanding of ecology and environmental management to integrate knowledge from these fields through direct examination of wildlife conservation issues in Tropical Queensland. Lectures, practicals and workshops by specialist academics and conservation professionals will examine threatening processeses, their mitigation and their various approaches for measuring and monitoring species and population health and viability. Students will critically analyse case studies from the Wet Tropics, and by working in groups develop approaches for management. A three day field class will examine wildlife conservation issues at sites at Mission Beach and the Atherton Tablelands.
Learning Outcomes
- apply scientific knowledge and relevant principles of ecology and environmental management to current issues impacting rainforest wildlife in Queensland;
- develop skills in critically assessing wildlife conservation problems;
- gain experience working in collaborative, interdisciplinary groups and in giving presentations.
| Prerequisites: | 6 credit points of level 2 EV subjects |
Availabilities | |
| Cairns, Limited, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 05-Sep-2008 | |
| Non-standard start/end 04-Aug-2008 to 06-Dec-2008 | |
| Face to face teaching 29-Nov-2008 to 06-Dec-2008 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Nicky Moore. |
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| Assessment: | essay, assignment, seminar, field notebook (70%); take home exam (30%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.