Conservation biology (in-depth)

"All teaching is done in English.

The courses present 4 aspects of Conservation Biology based on current scientific research in this discipline:

1. Introduction to Biodiversity Conservation (BC): Definition of Conservation Biology Why conserve biodiversity? Who are the main actors in CB and the role of science in CB.

2. Species conservation: What are the priority species? How to conserve species? How do we know if a species is "well conserved"?

3. Conservation of spaces: What are the priority spaces? How to conserve spaces?

4. Does conservation work? Importance of social acceptability and political commitment. Need for biodiversity indicators and to measure the impact of conservation.

Students also complete a group assignment in which they present a BC project, around the questions: why, what, where, how, how much it costs, and how do we know if it is effective."

Knowledge:

- Understand the main scales, tools and actors of conservation,

- Know key concepts in conservation biology,

Know-how :

- Know how to use the main criteria for prioritizing conservation actions,

- Develop critical thinking about the effectiveness of conservation actions.

- Good level of oral and written English as all the teaching is done in English.

- Basic knowledge of ecology.

- Basic knowledge of biodiversity conservation

Continuous assessment : 100%.

Hourly volumes:

CM : 0 h

TD : 8 h

TP : 0 h

Field : 0 h

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SPS : 0 h

Seminars : 7 h

Outside UM : 0 h