Courses & Units

Conserving Nature in Landscapes KGA332

Introduction

The conservation of nature needs to occur at the landscape scale as well as within protected areas. Landscapes can be wilderness areas, rural areas with highly varied land use or urban areas. Whatever their type - there are landscape processes, both natural and cultural, that need to be managed to ensure conservation. A large number of organisations, such as Natural Resource Management Boards, have conservation at a landscape scale as a major mission. You will learn about the roles of connectivity and fragmentation in influencing biotic patterns, landscape and political processes relevant to the conservation of rare or threatened, species, communities and landforms, and the ways in which landscapes can be planned and managed to benefit the conservation of nature. If you are interested in working with people to conserve nature at a broad scale, you will enhance your knowledge by undertaking this unit.

Summary

Unit name	Conserving Nature in Landscapes
Unit code	KGA332
Credit points	12.5
College/School	College of Sciences and Engineering School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences
Discipline	Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences
Coordinator	Doctor Dave Kendal
Available as an elective?	Yes
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Advanced

Availability

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Learning Outcomes

Evaluate conservation actions and their trade-offs with multiple use objectives for managing landscapes to achieve biodiversity outcomes
Analyse the basis for conservation action, the policy frameworks within which these actions occur, and stakeholder/community support for these actions
Argue for funding conservation actions in place, with the community, in accordance with regulatory frameworks

Field of Education	Commencing Student Contribution ^1,3	Grandfathered Student Contribution ^1,3	Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution ^2,3	Domestic Full Fee ⁴
			not applicable

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Requisites

Prerequisites

KGA204 OR KGA205 OR KGA223 OR KGA213 OR KPA214 OR KPZ211 OR KEA208

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

KGA508 Ecosystem Conservation|KGA516 Ecosystem Conservation

Teaching

Assessment	Grant Group Presentation (15%)\|Individual grant application (20%)\|Quiz (30%)\|Landscape conservation report (35%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable \| View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	weekly readings will be provided through MyLO
Links	Booktopia textbook finder

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