PřF:Bi7113 Ecosystem management - Course Information
Bi7113 Management of endangered ecosystems
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2013
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Petr Pařil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Sychra, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Lubomír Tichý, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Petr Pařil, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Petr Pařil, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Wed 12:00–13:50 BR2
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- Bi8710 Nature Conservation
- 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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Lecture is focused on nature protection and management of ecosystems in CR from point of view of area administration and state authorities. It brings information about present status and possibilities of protection taking into consideration the historical context. Simultaneously lectures giving particular examples of management, new problems in conservation practice and actual methods of its enforcement in relation to stakeholders and public.
- Syllabus
- History of human impact in Central Europe landscape and its consequences. Ecosystem changes , biotopes an species populations. Types of management of endangered species and areas. Relation of management to: different categories of protected area, action plans in protected areas, USES – Territorial systems ecological stability, landscape character. Respective methods in planning of threatened areas management and their practical outputs. Assessment of management effectiveness in relation to planning of future management. Monitoring of sites and population development. Priorities in protection of respective biotopes. Implementation and propagation of management in cooperation with public and government (public relations). Case studies. Contemporary problems in nature protection: forest management, gamekeeping, illegal hunting and poisoning, fish farming (cormorant, otter, eutrophication etc.), agriculture (e.g. starling), wind mills, risk of development of industrial, recreation and sport resorts. Sustainable development concept and its application in nature protection. Practical requirement of expert assessment in nature protection for stet authorities.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- Baláž V., Falteisek L., Chlumská Z., Kolář F., Kubešová M., Matějů J., Prach J., Rezková M. 2010: Ochrana přírody z pohledu biologa. 191 pp.
- Teaching methods
- lectures, class discussion,
- Assessment methods
- oral exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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