118-0329/06 – Natural Resources Management in EU (HPZEU)
Gurantor department | Department of Regional and Environmental Economics | Credits | 4 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Magdaléna Drastichová, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Magdaléna Drastichová, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2010/2011 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
After completing the course students should be able to classify natural resources, to identify their basic characteristics and indicators used in this area, to understand the aspects associated with the scarcity of natural resources in relation to sustainable development; to be familiar with the strategies and approaches to managing these resources at the international level, within the EU and its Member States; to identify challenges and potential opportunities for more efficient use of natural resources in relation to sustainable development.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Other activities
Summary
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the development and current goals and the formation of the European Community in the field of natural resources.
The priorities of the current policy is the requirement of sustainable development, which applies also to the management of natural resources. The course therefore deals essence of natural resources, their basic functions, the factors that influence the development and use of their drawing and objectives that are set out in each policy area, management of natural resources in the EU and international level. In addition, a brief overview of developments and trends in the formation of EU policies in these areas. Conclusion The prognosis is dedicated to the exploitation of natural resources and resource evaluation and environmental demands of the EU.
The basis of teaching are lectures, with the support of the management of the education system MOODLE, which provides access to both the basic learning materials, and additional resources.
Compulsory literature:
Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe, Brussels, 20.9.2011
COM(2011) 571 final
A resource-efficient Europe – Flagship initiative under the Europe 2020 Strategy. Brussels, 26.1.2011, COM(2011) 21
UNEP. Keeping Track of Our Changing Environment. From Rio to Rio+20 (1992-2012) (DEW/1234/NA). OECD, 2011. 99 s. ISBN: 978-92-807-3190-3. Dostupné z www: http://www.unep.org
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
test
E-learning
using of LCMS
Other requirements
supplementary tasks, presentation
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction: natural resources and natural capital, basic definitions, historical development of approaches to the resource management at the international level and the EU level.
2. Current strategies and approaches to resource management; Europe 2020 Strategy; A Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe; circular economy.
3. Issues and policies for the use and protection of biodiversity at the international level and the EU level.
4. Problems and policy of land use and protection at the international and the EU level.
5. Issues and policies of forest use and protection at the international and the EU level.
6. The EU Common Agricultural Policy.
7. Water management issues and policies at the international and the EU level.
8. The EU Fisheries and Maritime Policy; addressing marine protection issues at international level.
9. The EU energy policy.
10. The EU raw material policy.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction