344 (16) Conservation in Social-Ecological Systems (3L, 3P)
The relationship between society and the natural environment; history, values and philosophy of conservation; environmental and research ethics; government, societal and business influences on conservation; environmental legislation; environmental impact assessment (EIA); challenges in community-based natural resource management; human environmental stressors; the meaning of “the environment” and “nature” to people of various cultural and social backgrounds; conservation management for ecotourism and recreation; social-ecological systems and resilience theory.
Prerequisite pass module: Conservation Ecology 314
Home department: Conservation Ecology and Entomology
The relationship between society and the natural environment; history, values and philosophy of conservation; environmental and research ethics; government, societal and business influences on conservation; environmental legislation; environmental impact assessment (EIA); challenges in community-based natural resource management; human environmental stressors; the meaning of “the environment” and “nature” to people of various cultural and social backgrounds; conservation management for ecotourism and recreation; social-ecological systems and resilience theory.
Prerequisite pass module: Conservation Ecology 314
Home department: Conservation Ecology and Entomology
- Facilitator: Alison Jane Leslie
- Facilitator: VINCENT NORMAN Naude