This unit does not offer a hybrid model. Students are either face-to-face (on campus) or self-guided online (asynchronous). All students are expected to prepare for each class by engaging with the unit content on MyLO. This includes recorded lectures and workshop materials.
Face-to-face students are required to attend a 3-day field trip, which includes camping (in tents). Online students are welcome attend the field trip. Students are required to bring their own camping equipment. Limited camping equipment can be loaned from the School, but must be booked in advance. All students planning on attending the field trip need to fill in a spreadsheet (details provided in MyLO) by the end of week 1. This form includes information on travel to and from the camp, dietary requirements and whether students need to loan camping equipment. Face-to-face students are strongly urged to attend the weekly workshops. The introductions to these workshops will be recorded for online students to watch after the event. There is no option for online students to participate in workshops in real time online. Online students are offered a 1 hour live session each week.
All students are required to present live a 2-3 minute presentation to complete assessment task 3. Face-to-face students will do this in the workshop. Online students will do this together during one of the 1 hour live sessions.
Introduction
This unit is essential for those working towards a career managing natural environments and people in protected areas. While protected areas are essential for conserving biodiversity, key threats to biodiversity - fire, weeds, and ferals - operate at landscape scale. The conservation of nature must therefore occur at the landscape scale as well as within protected areas. Fire, weed, feral and people management require the biophysical knowledge that this unit provides. They also require an understanding of planning, administrative and management systems, all of which can facilitate or impede the achievement of conservation outcomes. We develop this broad understanding of factors relevant to the conservation management of ecosystems and species in protected areas, adopting the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation to train students in the formulation of natural environment management plans. Field work is used to familiarise students with the management problems of a protected area and to collect data relevant to the formulation of the management plan. The plans we produce are usually used by the protected area managers. We further explore how to move plans at landscape scale considering policy and funding.
Summary
| Unit name | Conserving Nature in Protected Areas |
| Unit code | KGA529 |
| Credit points | 25 |
| College/School | Sciences and Engineering School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences |
| Discipline | Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences |
| Coordinator | Doctor Kerry Bridle |
| Delivered By | University of Tasmania |
| Level | Postgraduate |
Sustainable Development Goals
The Unit Coordinator has identified that this unit aligns with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals. We welcome your thoughts and feedback on the alignment of the unit with these goals.
Availability
Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August
Learning Outcomes
- Examine biodiversity conservation management requirements
- Develop biodiversity conservation policies for protected areas
- Create a comprehensive biodiversity management plan for a protected area
- Collaborate in multi-disciplinary groups to produce policies and plans for protected areas
Fee Information
2027 fee information will be available in August.
Requisites
Mutual Exclusions
You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:
KGA331Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | On campus students are expected to attend the on-campus workshops. Self-guided learning materials are provided to asynchronous distance students. The field trip may be attended by both on campus and distance students. Where students cannot attend, a virtual field trip and digital data collection (via remotely-sensed data production and digitisation) will be completed.
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| Assessment | Field test (10%)|Group management plan (10%)|Plan logic - map and results chain presentation (10%)|Management plan map (15%)|Grant application (20%)|Management plan (35%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required |
Required Readings are those provided by your Unit Coordinator. |
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| Recommended | Recommended Readings will be provided by your Unit Coordinator. |
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