ENS204 Biodiversity conservation

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Mojmír Vlašín (lecturer)
RNDr. Naděžda Vlašín Johanisová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Bc. Petra Burišková
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 17:00–18:30 U35
Prerequisites (in Czech)
ENS103 Fundamentals of Ecology
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: Porozumět a vysvětlit koncept ochrany přírody a biodiversity, diskutovat o smyslu konceptu biodiverzita v ochraně životního prostředí.
Porozumět a vysvětlit koncepty, jako jsou geofyziologie, základy ochranářské biologie (conservation biology), prezentovat základy etiky a filosofie ochrany přírody;
Understand and explain the concepts of the conservation of nature and of biodiversity, discuss the meaning of the biodiversity concept as regards environmental conservation.
Understand and explain concepts and ideas such as geophysiology, the basics of conservation biology and the basics of ethics and philosophy of nature conservation;
Discuss and critically evaluate the concept of biodiversity from different perspectives;
Distinguish the basic characteristics of biodiversity and different aspects of species vs. regional conservation;
Distinguish between different types and categories of protected areas (incl. IUCN categories) and different types of management approaches in the European Natura 2000 Network;
Understand and explain issues regarding decision-making in nature conservation and financing of nature conservation;
Use information gained in the course to discuss the hierarchy of values in society regarding nature conservation;
Understand and present different dimensions (ethical, scientific, practical) of conservation programmes of flora and fauna.
Syllabus
  • 1. Gaia Theory. Explanation of the concepts of biodiversity and their criticism by sociobiologists.
  • 2. Species, their description and naming, theory of evolution of organisms by natural selection, dying out of organisms during evolution
  • 3. Biodiversity(alpha,beta,gamma),ecosystem, biocenosis, biome, biosphere, diversity index, different groups of organisms and species numbers
  • 4. The Czech Nature and Landscape Conservation Act, especially protected areas( national park, protected landscape area...), natural parks, nature conservation governance in the Czech Republic, significant landscape elements, species conservation, regional conservation
  • 5. Dynamic stabiltiy of ecosystems, climax ecosystems, ecological succession, habitat, communities (synantropic, segetal, ruderal), blocked succession, endemites, relicts, refugia
  • 6. International nature conservation,non-profit organisations in nature conservation in the Czech Republic and abroad, international agreements (Washington Convention, Ramsar Act and others), biospheric reserve, Natura 2000, IUCN categories of protected areas
  • 7. Relationships between humans and other species (e.g. mutualism, commensalism etc.), flagship species, ethics in nature conservation, národní bohatství x přírodní bohatství,areas of distribution, sympatry, alopatry, vicarisation
Literature
  • BALÁŽ ET AL. Ochrana přírody z pohledu biologa, ČZU Praha. 2010. info
  • LOVELOCK, James. Gaia : živoucí planeta. Translated by Anton Markoš. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1994, 221 s. ISBN 8020404368. info
  • PRIMACK, Richard B., Pavel KINDLMANN and Jana JERSÁKOVÁ. Úvod do biologie ochrany přírody. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2011, 466 s. ISBN 9788073675950. info
  • WILSON, Edward O. Rozmanitost života :umožní poznání zákonů biodiverzity její záchranu? Translated by Antonín Hradilek. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 1995, 444 s. ISBN 80-7106-113-1. info
Teaching methods
The course will be taught via lectures and discusssions, and will include a one-day excursion to a valuable natural area.
Assessment methods
Students will be evaluated on the basis of their attendance, written texts during the course and a final written case study.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught last offered.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015.
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