ENV601: Ecosystem Management and Environmental Ethics 6 credits (40-10-10)

Objectives

To examine ways in which ecosystems are exploited the consequences and methods of remediation, sustainable management and the creation of new ecosystems.

Contents

Concepts of ecosystem management and exploitation of ecosystems and consequences; Methods of sustainable management of ecosystems; Global issues on ecosystems and local actions; The destruction of ecosystems and management approaches aimed at maintaining biodiversity; Habitat and externalities in habitat management and the creation of new ecosystems and approaches in species conservation.