Hobart
This unit has been discontinued.
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 2021
| 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, Planning, 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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Learning Outcomes
1 | Synthesize and evaluate tradeoffs across multiple objectives for managing landscapes outside conservation reserves, working with local communities, to achieve agreed conservation outcomes |
2 | communicate effectively to land managers and compellingly to funding bodies through written reports and oral presentations |
3 | Demonstrate understanding of the scientific foundations of conservation action, the policy frameworks within which these actions occur , and stakeholder/community needs and acceptance of these actions |
4 | Develop skills across disciplines to support arguments for conservation in place, with community in accordance with regulatory frameworks |
Fees
Requisites
Prerequisites
Admission into a Masters course OR 25 credit points at intermediate level
Mutual Exclusions
You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:
KGA516 Ecosystem Conservation
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 | AT1 - 1500 word Assignment (30%) AT2 - Grant proposal presentation (15%) AT3 - Scenario Assignment (15%) AT4 - Test (15%) AT5 - 2-hour Exam (25%) |
| 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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