EV5210 - Management of Marine Protected Areas

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Discipline of Environmental Sciences

Characteristics of tropical marine environments,their uses for humans and threats to ecosystem integrity. Types of marine protected areas and options for management of human uses and values. Application of management tools including zoning plans, enforcement and education. Cross-cultural and community involvement in decision making. Practical application of natural resource management concepts such as ecologically sustainable development amd biodiversity protectioin. Evaluation and review of management effectiveness; limitations to mananagement. Assessment of Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and comparison with case studies from other parts of Australia and selected countries in the tropics.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information.

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 10
Census Date 08-Dec-2011
Face to face teaching 22-Nov-2011 to 30-Nov-2011
Coordinator:	Dr Alastair Birtles
Lecturers:	Mr Matthew Curnock, Ms Christina Doxford, Dr Alastair Birtles.
Contact hours:	1 days fieldwork
Assessment:	presentations (20%); essays (40%); assignments (20%); group project - written report (20%).

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.