1. Introduction: natural resources and natural capital, basic definitions, historical development of approaches to the resource management at the international level and the EU level.
2. Current strategies and approaches to resource management; Europe 2020 Strategy; A Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe; circular economy.
3. Issues and policies for the use and protection of biodiversity at the international level and the EU level.
4. Problems and policy of land use and protection at the international and the EU level.
5. Issues and policies of forest use and protection at the international and the EU level.
6. The EU Common Agricultural Policy.
7. Water management issues and policies at the international and the EU level.
8. The EU Fisheries and Maritime Policy; addressing marine protection issues at international level.
9. The EU energy policy.
10. The EU raw material policy.
2. Current strategies and approaches to resource management; Europe 2020 Strategy; A Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe; circular economy.
3. Issues and policies for the use and protection of biodiversity at the international level and the EU level.
4. Problems and policy of land use and protection at the international and the EU level.
5. Issues and policies of forest use and protection at the international and the EU level.
6. The EU Common Agricultural Policy.
7. Water management issues and policies at the international and the EU level.
8. The EU Fisheries and Maritime Policy; addressing marine protection issues at international level.
9. The EU energy policy.
10. The EU raw material policy.