EV3205 - Conserving Tropical Rainforests
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Environmental Sciences |
Principles and concepts in rainforest conservation management including detailed studies of selected methods and problems; management of tropical rainforest environments globally including ecological, economic and social aspects; land capability, land degradation, sustainability; protected area management and conservation issues outside reserves.
Learning Outcomes
- develop an awareness and understanding of the major global issues in the conservation of biodiversity in rainforests and of ecologically sustainable management;
- develop comprehension and appreciation of human- rainforest relationships, especially links with forest resources and ecological processes;
- develop conceptual frameworks for analysis and evaluation.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively.
| Prerequisites: | 6 units of level 2 EV subjects |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | EV3200 and EV3205 and EV5200 and EV5205 and GE5205 and GE3205 and GE5205 and EV5207 |
Availabilities | |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Joan Bentrupperbaumer. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); essays (15%); field report (20%); seminar (15%). |
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.