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Postgraduate Course: Conservation and Sustainability (PGBI11043)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Biological Sciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course introduces the students to major conservation issues and explores how science can contribute to policy making and conservation implementation. Teaching on this course has a strong applied focus and consists of a mixture of lectures and practicals. The main focus is plant conservation but a lot the issues and techniques that are covered are transferable to other taxa. The students will receive an introduction to conservation policies and their major players, followed by challenges and how biodiversity scientists can help to address them. Students are then provided with skills in several state-of-the-art techniques that are used to prioritise areas and species for conservation. These include GIS hotspot analysis, Red List assessments and Species Distribution Modeling. Finally, the course will explore ways of implementing conservation, drawing examples from many parts of the world and covering both in- and ex-situ conservation.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2018/19, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 86 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Assessment is through two separate written assignments in semester 2, individual or in groups with presentation.
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No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Understanding of the importance of Plant Taxonomy in the service of plants and man
  2. Knowledge of the origin, evolution and conservation of crops and other plants of economic and ethnic importance.
  3. Understanding of the international political environment and mechanisms for promoting Plant Conservation.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsCons&Sustain
Contacts
Course organiserDr Louis Ronse De Craene
Tel: (0131) 248 2804
Email: l.ronsedecraene@rbge.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Andrea Nichol
Tel: (0131 6)50 8643
Email: Andrea.Nichol@ed.ac.uk
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