Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Explain the concept and purpose of marine and terrestrial protected areas.

2.

Understand the complex relationship between protected areas, their governance, management and the surrounding communities/landscapes.

3.

Acknowledge the importance in conserving Australia’s natural and cultural heritage.

4.

Describe the threats to protected areas.

5.

Understand how to plan and manage protected areas.

6.

Discuss the need for an interdisciplinary perspective for managing protected areas.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

Setting the Scene: Concept and purpose of ICUN Protected Areas (PAs).  Principles of Protected Area Management (PAM): Planning and establishing PAs. Governance and management of PAs (including Management Plans and Key Performance Indicators). Assessing PAM Effectiveness (PAME). Specific aspects of PAM: Valuing PAs. Threats to PAs. Challenges and contentious issues in PAM. Landscape connection and conservation. Working with communities. World Heritage sites.

Other notes:

Responding to student feedback, from 2019 ENV246 will include a compulsory one-week on-campus intense learning experience for external students and authorised internal students.  This on campus intensive will provide external students the opportunity to: (1.) Experience and participate in consultative and interactive exchange of information that underpins modern PAM. (2.) Establish work groups and plan for their workplace simulation consultancy project, which is the basis of the major report for ENV246. (3.) Participate in the GIS laboratory session and field trip, which have previously only been available in the Internal mode.