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Nature Conservation

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0316/01
Abbreviation OPP
Course title Nature Conservation
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jiří Kupka, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Global environmental issues, historical context.
2. Concept nature conservation.
3. Legislative framework of the nature conservation in the Czech Republic.‎
4. International conventions, initiatives and programs in nature conservation.
5. International non-governmental nature conservation organizations.
6. Geodiversity and conservation.
7. Biodiversity and conservation.
8. Endangered ecosystems in the world and in the Czech Republic.
9. Introduction to conservation.
10. Development of protection of cultural monuments in the world and in the Czech Republic.
11. The state conservation, related legislation, the concept preservation of cultural monuments.
12. International conventions, institutions and organizations in the protection of monuments, the issue Cultural tourism.
13. Historic Parks and Gardens - the historical context in the world, Europe and Czech Republic.

Literature

WILSON, E. O. a J. ŽĎÁREK. Rozmanitost života: umožní poznání zákonů biodiverzity její záchranu? Praha: NLN, 1995, edice 21, sv. 7
PRIMACK, R. B. Essentials of Conservation Biology. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 603 p.
VAN DYKE, F. Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications. Springer, Dordrecht, 2008. 478 p. ISBN 978-1-4020-6891-1 
WEBER, E.Invasive Plant Species of the World: A Reference Guide to Environmental Weeds.2003. CAB International Publishing, Wallingford.

Advised literature

CAVE, C. and NEGUSSIE, E. World Heritage Conservation: The World Heritage Convention, Linking Culture and Nature for Sustainable Development. London : Routledge, 2017. 312 p.
PULLIN, A.S. Conservation Biology. Cambridge University Press, 2002. 358 p.
BANDARIN, F. and R. VAN OERS (eds.). The Historic Urban Landscape: Managing Heritage in an Urban Century. Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. 262 p.
LOMBORG, B. The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.2001.