Postgraduate Course: Ecosystems and Governance (BIME11093)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Biomedical Sciences |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Despite the large number of international conventions that individually and collectively provide a substantial framework for sustainable and joined-up environmental protection, there is currently deep concern that this framework is not fulfilling its environmental governance purpose. While many international conventions have had a clear and measureable impact on aspects of the environment such as migratory species, wetlands etc, there have been calls recently for a complete rethink on global environmental governance policy. The United Nations Environment Programme attempted to conceptualise a simpler approach when it released its four pillar framework (2010- 2013):
¿ International cooperation
¿ Strengthened national laws and institutions
¿ Sustainable regional and national development
¿ Access to sound science
This course will look at the history of environmental governance since the 1970¿s, the implementation and impact of key conventions and why these are deemed to have fallen short of ¿global¿ targets. We will explore the options for the future direction of environmental governance and how politics, law, science and practice can realign to achieve the environmental targets of the 21st Century. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Blocks 4-5 (Sem 2), Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/04/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Online Activities 25,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
53 )
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| Additional Notes |
This course will be run via the online environment, Learn.
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course the student is expected to:
- Understand the history of environmental governance
- Identify key synergies and potential conflicts between environmental conventions
- Appreciate the current challenges to global governance
- Understand the role of science in environmental decision making
- Appreciate the need for unrestricted access to such information |
Assessment Information
40% online assessment
60% written assessment |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Environmental governance, Environmental justice, Multilateralism, Commons, Evidence based decision m |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robert Thomas
Tel:
Email: rthomas5@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lauren Sandford
Tel: (0131 6)51 1824
Email: Lauren.Sandford@ed.ac.uk |
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