118-0529/01 – Natural Resource Management in the EU (HOSPOEU)

Gurantor department	Department of Regional and Environmental Economics	Credits	5
Subject guarantor	doc. Ing. Magdaléna Drastichová, Ph.D.	Subject version guarantor	doc. Ing. Magdaléna Drastichová, Ph.D.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Choice-compulsory type B
Year		Semester	winter
		Study language	English
Year of introduction	2019/2020	Year of cancellation
Intended for the faculties	EKF	Intended for study types	Bachelor

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
DRA099	doc. Ing. Magdaléna Drastichová, Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Credit and Examination	2+1

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

Summary

Compulsory literature:

EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL BUREAU (2005). EU Environmental Policy Handbook. A Critical Analysis of EU Environmental Legislation. Brussels: EEB. ISBN 90 5727 055 2. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT and COUNCIL of the EUROPEAN UNION (2013). Decision No 1386/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’ [2013]. Official Journal of the European Union L 354/171.

Recommended literature:

MEADOWS, D. H., RANDERS, J. and MEADOWS D. L. (2004). Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing Co. OECD. Sustainable Development - Critical Issues. OECD: Paris, 2001. 487 p. ISBN 92-64-18695-6. SEGNESTAM, L. (2002). Indicators of Environment and Sustainable Development. Theories and Practical Experience. Environmental Economics Series, Paper No. 89. Washington, D.C.: The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

Studenti vypracovávají prezentace v rámci vybrané problematiky životního prostředí a udržitelného rozvoje v angličtině s cílem zmapovat přístupy na mezinárodní úrovni a přístupy EU k řešení konkrétní problematiky případně s vlastními návrhy na řešení problémů.

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

Full-time form (validity from: 2019/2020 Winter semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination	Credit and Examination	100 (100)	51
Credit	Credit	35	20
Examination	Examination	65	40	3

Mandatory attendence participation: 50%

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Spec.	Zaměření	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	W	S	Type of duty
2020/2021	(B0311A050005) Applied Economics	(S02) International Economic Relations			P	English	Ostrava				Choice-compulsory type B	study plan
2019/2020	(B0311A050005) Applied Economics	(S02) International Economic Relations			P	English	Ostrava				Choice-compulsory type B	study plan

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