Hobart
This unit has been discontinued.
Introduction
The conservation of nature needs to occur at the landscape scale, as well as within protected areas, and involve landowners and the community. 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, and Land Conservancies 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, ecosystems and landforms, and the ways in which landscapes can be planned and managed with landholders and the community 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 2020
| Unit name | Conserving Nature in Landscapes |
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| Unit code | KGA332 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Sciences and Engineering School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences |
| Discipline | Geography and Spatial Sciences |
| Coordinator | Dave Kendal |
| Teaching staff | Rebecca Harris |
| Level | Advanced |
| Available as student elective? | Yes |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Fees
Requisites
Prerequisites
25 credit points at intermediate level
Mutual Exclusions
You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:
KGA378
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | 1-hr online lecture and 1-hr in class lecture weekly, weekly 1hr tutorial and 2 field trips |
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| Assessment | Online quizzes (40%), conservation report (30%), grant proposal (30%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | Information about any textbook requirements will be available from mid November. |
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| Recommended |
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