Bi8009 Ecosystem of tropical rainforest

Faculty of Science
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 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.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 19. 2. to Sun 26. 5. Fri 8:00–9:50 D32/329
Prerequisites
The course is offered to students of any study field.
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.
Learning outcomes
Student’s completing the course will be able to understand and explain the current status and trends of biodiversity, changes in tropical rainforest, tropical rain forest remedies and maintaining health in undisturbed ecosystem, including special behaviour’s or factors leading to recovery – self medical behaviour.
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.
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: jaro sudých let (2024, ...).
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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