5 ECTS Dresden Year 2 Semester 3 Elective Environmental sciences UWFMT37
Content
The module covers the causes and effects of forest landscape degradation and the management measures available to rehabilitate and restore degraded forest landscapes. This includes case studies to illustrate their implementation, such as Payment for Ecosystem Services, protected area management, and the concept of Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR).
Learning outcomes
Students are able to recognize the causes and effects of deforestation and forest landscape degradation and are familiar with management approaches and methods for the protection, conservation, and rehabilitation of forests worldwide. They are able to develop and implement management measures to rehabilitate and restore degraded forest landscapes.
Teaching and learning methods
1 WTH lecture, 1.5 WTH exercise, 1.5 WTH seminar, self-study
Type of assessment
- Individual
- Other
The module examination consists of a complex performance of 40 hours. The examination language is English.
Prerequisites for participation: The competences to be acquired in the module Forest ecology for silviculture and nature conservation are required.
Institution(s)
- Location: Dresden
- ECTS granting: Technische Universität Dresden
- Organisation: Technische Universität Dresden
