Bi8009 Ecosystem of tropical rainforest

Faculty of Science
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Assoc. Prof. MVDr. Ivona Foitová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Assoc. Prof. MVDr. Ivona Foitová, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Assoc. Prof. MVDr. Ivona Foitová, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Bi6083 Bc. state exam system. biology
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Actual situation of global biodiversity. Tropical rainforest. Changes of tropical rainforest. Protected areas in Indonesia. Medicinal resources of the tropical rainforest. Health in wild and self- medical behavioural.
Syllabus
  • Actual situation of global biodiversity: biodiversity of states, biodiversity of tropical ecosystems, endangered species. Tropical rainforest: types, structures, dynamics, tropical rainforest diversity, the Indo-Malyayn rainforest. Protected areas in Indonesia: esp. Sumatra and Kalimantan, research priorities and actual Czech research in those localities, field work and field methods. Changes of tropical rainforest: forest conservation, login and the timber trade, animal in logged forest, disturbed ecosystem, management for sustainability, priorities for action, human impacts, participation of local community. Medicinal resources of the tropical rainforest: natural products and medicine, the role of medicinal plants in health care in Indonesia, ethnofarmacology, conservation and tropical medicinal plant research. Health in wild and self -medical behavioural: medicinal plant at the food spectrum and possible self- medical behavioural in orang-utan and other great apes.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2008, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
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