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Nature Conservation

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Course Unit Code546-0316/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KRE71Ing. Hana Švehláková, Ph.D.
Summary
Students will get acquainted with the issues of nature and landscape protection, including cultural aspects of its development. They will get detailed information about the development of European landscape types, basic environmental and ecological problems, biodiversity, evolution and ecological succession. Attention will also be focused on the basic biological communities of the Czech landscape, rare, invasive and expansion species of plants and animals. Students will also gain an overview of the basic legal norms that affect the protection of nature and monuments and understand the complexity of the problems associated with nature protection and environmental issues. An essential part of the course are field work and exercises.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
a) understanding the importance of nature, landscape and monument protection
b) ability to apply knowledge from natural sciences (biology, ecology,and also geology, geomorphology, etc.) in nature and landscape protection
c) the ability to perceive the landscape as a natural and cultural phenomenon, to predict its development, to propose its management and use
Course Contents
1. Environmental problems, global climate change, historical context, development of nature protection
2. Legislative framework of nature and landscape protection in the Czech Republic, international conventions, initiatives and programs
3. Landscape, land use development
4. Landscape character
5. Biodiversity, concept, terminology, ethical aspects, measurement
6. Extinction, mass extinction, extinction episodes, species extinction and the present
7. Endangered ecosystems in the world and in the Czech Republic
8. Succession and its stages, blockers of succession
9. Use of succession in landscape creation
10. Theory of invasions, invasive species, ways and phases of invasions, consequences of invasions
11. Invasibility and invadability of ecosystems
12. Management in nature protection, protection of rare and endangered species and their habitats, rescue transfers
13. Historical parks and gardens - historical context in the world, Europe and the Czech Republic, important parks and gardens in the Czech Republic
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
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.
MLÍKOVSKÝ, J. a P. STÝBLO. Nepůvodní druhy fauny a flóry České republiky. Praha: ČSOP, 2006. 496 s.
STEJSKAL, V. Úvod do právní úpravy ochrany přírody a péče o biologickou rozmanitost. Praha: Linde, 2006. 591 s. ISBN 80-7201-609-1
PRIMACK, R.,B., KINDLMANN, P., JERSÁKOVÁ, J. Biologické principy ochrany přírody. Praha: Portál, 2001
Zákon České národní rady o ochraně přírody a krajiny č. 114/1992 Sb., ve znění účinném k 1.1.2021
COX, G. W. Conservation Ecology: Biosphere & Biosurvival. Dubuque, Iowa: W.C. Brown Publishers, 1993
Recommended Reading:
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.
KOLÁŘ, F. a kol. Ochrana přírody. Praha: DOkořán, 2012. 232 s.
STALMACHOVÁ, B. a kol. Strategie řešení invazních druhů rostlin v obcích česko-polského pohraničí. Ostrava: IMAGE STUDIO, 2019.
MIKO, L. a kol. Zákon o ochraně přírody a krajiny. Praha: Vesmír, 2000.
CAVE, C. a E. NEGUSSIE. World Heritage Conservation: The World Heritage Convention, Linking Culture and Nature for Sustainable Development. London: Routledge, 2017. 312 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work, Terrain work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 34