• ECTS

    2 credits

  • Component

    Faculty of Science

Description

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 players in BC and the role of science in BC. 
  2. Species conservation: What are the priority species? How can species be conserved? How do you know if a species is "well conserved"? 
  3. Space conservation: What are the priority spaces? How to conserve spaces? 
  4. Theimportance of social acceptability and political commitment. Need for biodiversity indicators and to measure the impact of conservation. 

Students also carry out group work in which they present a BC project, based on the questions: why, what, where, how, how much does it cost and how do we know if it's effective? 

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Necessary prerequisites

- Good level of written and spoken English 

- Basic knowledge of ecology 

- Basic knowledge of biodiversity conservation 

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Knowledge control

test 

coefficient 

No. of hours 

Nb Sessions 

Organization (FDS or local) 

Written 

 

 

 

 

Continuous control 

100% 

 

Local 

TP 

 

 

 

 

Oral 

 

 

 

 

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Further information

All teaching is in English.

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Target skills

- Understand the main scales, tools and players involved in conservation 

- Key concepts in conservation biology  

- Understand the main criteria for prioritizing conservation actions  

- Develop a critical approach to the effectiveness of conservation actions  

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