Natural Ecosystems Management
MODULE: Natural Ecosystems Management
Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 27 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.
DESCRIPTION:
As more and more people crowd onto less and less land, conflicts between humans, nature and wildlife will only increase. This program discusses the issues facing the interactions between natual ecosystems and humans. It stresses the interrelatedness of nature and wildlife damage and conservation. It provides an integrated approach to resolve human conflicts interaction with natual ecosystems.
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).
Habitat Conservation Planning
Natural Ecosystem Management Ecology & Human Impact International Environmental Law Forest Ecosystem Management Watershed & Fisheries Management Coastal & Marine Ecosystems Bird & Mammal Conservation Wildlife Ecology Management
Academic Supervisor: Luis Fontanet Sallán
More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.
* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.
* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.
* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.
* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.
* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.
* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.
BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.
Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
Habitat Conservation Planning
This course examines the ecological and sociological dimensions of habitat conservation planning. Topics include land use planning, natural reserve and ecosystem design. It will also illustrate recent developments in the use of mitigation land banks and habitat conservation plans for endangered species.
Instructor: Vicente Enrique Martín Olmos
Natural Ecosystem Management
This course examines all the issues involved in understanding and managing human use in different natural ecosystems and protected areas (parks, beaches, forests, mountains, lakes, etc...). It integrates human impact into ecosystem management in natural and protected areas.
Instructor: Vicente Enrique Martín Olmos
Ecology & Human Impact
This course studies the relationships of live organisms, including humans, to their environment at the individual, population, and community level. It includes adaptations to the physical environment, competition, concept of the niche, population dynamics, predator-prey interactions, herbivore effects, community ecology, ecosystem structure and stability, and the use and management of resources by the human beings.
Instructor: Vicente Enrique Martín Olmos
International Environmental Law
This course examines the rapidly expanding body of international instruments and law that bears on problems affecting the environment. Specific topics include transboundary pollution, acid rain, ozone depletion, global warming, marine pollution, international movements of hazardous wastes, species protection, population, genetically altered foods, outer space, and the Kyoto Protocols. It looks at the international regimes on the ownership, control, and management of natural resources, including the international institutions designed to resolve disputes.
Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán
Forest Ecosystem Management
This course presents an integrated forest resources management with the evaluation of ecosystem management models. It examines planning, regulating, and decision-making associated with public and private forests with resource and policy constraints. It considers the ecological management of processes, services, and goods produced by the forest such as wildlife, water, range, recreation, wilderness, biodiversity, as well as wood products.
Instructor: Vicente Enrique Martín Olmos
Watershed & Fisheries Management
This course presents the management of human impacts on the hydrologic cycle and watershed landscape. It also course presents the theory and practice of contemporary fishery management emphasizing ecology, fish population sampling and manipulation and multiple use concepts. It covers techniques of protection, restoration, and improvement of fresh water habitats.
Instructor: María del Mar Sánchez Conde
Coastal & Marine Ecosystems
This course describes the major ecological impacts, processes and management regimes that are associated with marine, coastal and near-shore ecosystems. It reviews laws, programs, policy initiatives, marine organisms and their relationships to the environment, and human interaction with coastal and marine ecosystems.
Instructor: María del Mar Sánchez Conde
Bird & Mammal Conservation
This course presents the principles associated with management of birds and mammals in the wild, emphasizing the ecology and results in the management of their habitats. It examines the theory and methods of sampling and analyzing population and habitat data, estimation of population size, survival, recruitment, and habitat selection.
Instructor: María del Mar Sánchez Conde
Wildlife Ecology Management
This course deals with the issues, ethics, challenges, and opportunities associated with management of wildlife, the physical and biological interactions in wildlife, and how it is affected by man's activities. It explores the relationships between wildlife populations, human communities and the characteristics of the landscape they occupy.
Instructor: María del Mar Sánchez Conde
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Professionally recognized and validated degrees.
Accredited (Non USA CHEA). International legalization available.
