SUBJECT
Title
Conservation biology
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
3
Recommended in
Semesters 1-3
Typically offered in
Autumn/Spring semester
Course description
- What is conservation biology?
- Biodiversity: concept, definition, measurement and global distribution
- Valuing biodiversity: ecological economics, ethical considerations
- Extinction, and vulnerability to extinction
- Habitat destruction, fragmentation, degradation and over-exploitation of populations
- The problem of invasive non-indigenous species
- Problems of small populations, applied population biology
- Establishing new populations and ex situ conservation
- Designing and establishing protected areas
- Managing protected areas
- The role of not protected areas in biodiversity conservation
- Habitat restoration and ecosystem management
- Economic and legal tools for biodiversity conservation at the local and national levels
- Nature conservation initiative in the European Union
- International agreements to protect species and habitats
Readings
- Primack, R.B. (2014) Essentials of Conservation Biology (6th ed.). Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers,
- Sunderland, MA, 603 p., ISBN: 978-1-60535-289-3
- Sutherland, W.J. (2000) The Conservation Handbook: Research, Management and Policy. Blackwell Science, Oxford, 296 p., ISBN: 978-0-632-05344-5
- Sodhi, N. D. & Ehrlich, P. R. (eds.) 2010. Conservation Biology for All. Oxford Universiy Press, Oxford, 360 p., ISBN: 9780199554249