546-0316/02 – Nature Conservation (OPP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Hana Švehláková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Hana Švehláková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2020/2021 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
a) understanding the importance of nature, landscape and monument protection
b) ability to apply knowledge from natural sciences (biology, ecology,and also geology, geomorphology, etc.) in nature and landscape protection
c) the ability to perceive the landscape as a natural and cultural phenomenon, to predict its development, to propose its management and use
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Project work
Terrain work
Summary
Students will get acquainted with the issues of nature and landscape protection, including cultural aspects of its development. They will get detailed information about the development of European landscape types, basic environmental and ecological problems, biodiversity, evolution and ecological succession. Attention will also be focused on the basic biological communities of the Czech landscape, rare, invasive and expansion species of plants and animals. Students will also gain an overview of the basic legal norms that affect the protection of nature and monuments and understand the complexity of the problems associated with nature protection and environmental issues. An essential part of the course are field work and exercises.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
CAVE, C. and NEGUSSIE, E. World Heritage Conservation: The World Heritage Convention, Linking Culture and Nature for Sustainable Development. London : Routledge, 2017. 312 p.
PULLIN, A.S. Conservation Biology. Cambridge University Press, 2002. 358 p.
BANDARIN, F. and R. VAN OERS (eds.). The Historic Urban Landscape: Managing Heritage in an Urban Century. Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. 262 p.
LOMBORG, B. The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.2001.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Active participation in exercises-¨
Active participation on field exercises + field report
Exam
E-learning
Other requirements
participation in exercises
field exercises, data evaluation
test
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Environmental problems, global climate change, historical context, development of nature protection
2. Legislative framework of nature and landscape protection in the Czech Republic, international conventions, initiatives and programs
3. Landscape, land use development
4. Landscape character
5. Biodiversity, concept, terminology, ethical aspects, measurement
6. Extinction, mass extinction, extinction episodes, species extinction and the present
7. Endangered ecosystems in the world and in the Czech Republic
8. Succession and its stages, blockers of succession
9. Use of succession in landscape creation
10. Theory of invasions, invasive species, ways and phases of invasions, consequences of invasions
11. Invasibility and invadability of ecosystems
12. Management in nature protection, protection of rare and endangered species and their habitats, rescue transfers
13. Control and management of invasive species (methods - mechanical, chemical, combined), practical examples
14. Historical parks and gardens - historical context in the world, Europe and the Czech Republic, important parks and gardens in the Czech Republic
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks