Course: Nature and Landscape Protection

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Course title Nature and Landscape Protection
Course code MRS/ZOPK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Machar Ivo, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Kostkan Vlastimil, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Key words of the field of conservation biology. History of conservation nature activities (from nature monuments to ecosystem approach). Global ecosystems and itd biodiversity, global trends. Biodiversity and its basic problems. Theory of hot spots accordingly types of biomes. Discussion about conservation priorities. Global change and biodiversity. Conservation nature in the Czech Republic.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Demonstration
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is presentation of actual trends in the frame of the Conservation Biology and applying of this one in the environmental studies.
Skill to analyze of key problems of biodiversity and methods of conservation.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of fundamentals of ecology and landscape ecology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance

Final examination
Recommended literature
  • Brožová, J. (2004). Biologická rozmanitost v České republice. Současný stav a trendy. Ministerstvo životního prostředí, Praha.
  • Hora, J. (ed.). (1998). Legislativa EU a ochrana přírody. Česká společnost ornitologická, Praha.
  • Machar, R.I. a kol. (2012). Ochrana přírody a krajiny v ČR - vybrané problémy a možnosti jejich řešení. Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci.
  • Primack, R. B. (2004). A Primer of Conservation Biology. Third Edition. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Roth, P. (ed.). (2003). Legislativa Evropských společenství v oblasti územní a druhové ochrany přírody. MŽP ČR, Praha.
  • Roth, P., Plesník, J. (2004). Biologická rozmanitost na Zemi: stav a perspektivy. Scientia, Praha.
  • Vačkář, D. (ed.). (2005). Ukazatele změn biodiverzity. Academia, Praha.


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