Suchergebnis: Katalogdaten im Herbstsemester 2021
Umweltnaturwissenschaften Master  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Vertiefung in Wald- und Landschaftsmanagement | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ökosystemmanagement | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 701-1631-00L | Foundations of Ecosystem Management  | W | 5 KP | 3G | J. Ghazoul, C. Garcia, J. Garcia Ulloa, A. Giger Dray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kurzbeschreibung | This course introduces the broad variety of conflicts that arise in projects focusing on sustainable management of natural resources. It explores case studies of ecosystem management approaches and considers their practicability, their achievements and possible barriers to their uptake. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lernziel | Students should be able to a) propose appropriate and realistic solutions to ecosystem management problems that integrate ecological, economic and social dimensions across relevant temporal and spatial scales. b) identify important stakeholders, their needs and interests, and the main conflicts that exist among them in the context of land and resource management. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inhalt | Traditional management systems focus on extraction of natural resources, and their manipulation and governance. However, traditional management has frequently resulted in catastrophic failures such as, for example, the collapse of fish stocks and biodiversity loss. These failures have stimulated the development of alternative ‘ecosystem management’ approaches that emphasise the functionality of human-dominated systems. Inherent to such approaches are system-wide perspectives and a focus on ecological processes and services, multiple spatial and temporal scales, as well as the need to incorporate diverse stakeholder interests in decision making. Thus, ecosystem management is the science and practice of managing natural resources, biodiversity and ecological processes, to meet multiple demands of society. It can be local, regional or global in scope, and addresses critical issues in developed and developing countries relating to economic and environmental security and sustainability. This course provides an introduction to ecosystem management, and in particular the importance of integrating ecology into management systems to meet multiple societal demands. The course explores the extent to which human-managed terrestrial systems depend on underlying ecological processes, and the consequences of degradation of these processes for human welfare and environmental well-being. Building upon a theoretical foundation, the course will tackle issues in resource ecology and management, notably forests, agriculture and wild resources within the broader context of sustainability, biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation or economic development. Case studies from tropical and temperate regions will be used to explore these issues. Dealing with ecological and economic uncertainty, and how this affects decision making, will be discussed. Strategies for conservation and management of terrestrial ecosystems will give consideration to landscape ecology, protected area systems, and community management, paying particular attention to alternative livelihood options and marketing strategies of common pool resources. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skript | No Script | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literatur | Chichilnisky, G. and Heal, G. (1998) Economic returns from the biosphere. Nature, 391: 629-630. Daily, G.C. (1997) Nature’s Services: Societal dependence on natural ecosystems. Island Press. Washington DC. Hindmarch, C. and Pienkowski, M. (2000) Land Management: The Hidden Costs. Blackwell Science. Millenium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis. Island Press, Washington DC. Milner-Gulland, E.J. and Mace, R. (1998) Conservation of Biological Resources. Blackwell Science. Gunderson, L.H. and Holling, C.S. (2002) Panarchy: understanding transformations in human and natural systems. Island Press. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 701-1635-00L | Multifunctional Forest Management | W | 5 KP | 2G | M. Lévesque, S. Zimmermann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kurzbeschreibung | Forests provide a variety of ecosystem goods and services. Multifunctional forest management attempts to control natural processes in a sustainable and near-natural way so that various requirements from the society can be met. Adaptivity to changing conditions (global changes), handling of conflicting goals and the development of alternative management strategies are of central importance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lernziel | At the end of this course students will be able: - To describe forest management and silvicultural measures for enhancing forest resilience to climate change, increased disturbances, and invasive species, and evaluate their feasibility and effectiveness in various situations; - To concisely describe silvicultural options for the management of multifunctional forests and critically evaluate their feasibility and suitability; - To explain the various social expectations towards forest functions and their implications for multifunctional forest management and critically analyse conflicts and synergies resulting from different forest functions; - To carry out research on a given topic, identify relevant literature and present the results in a structured presentation and discuss the implications for forest management. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inhalt | The course will cover important topics for the sustainable management of multifunctional forests and present silvicultural strategies to fulfil a variety of forest ecosystem goods and services. Current and future challenges of forest management will be presented. The course is structured into the following sub-topics: 1) Global change and adaptive forest management 2) Invasive species: implications and mitigation measures 3) Introduced tree species: risks and opportunities 4) Silvicultural and forest management options the provisioning of multi-dimensional ecosystem goods and services. 5) Challenges and silvicultural strategies for wood production. 6) Integrative and segregative forest management approaches for biodiversity conservation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skript | No class notes or text books Lecture presentations are available for download | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literatur | Literature will be provided for the group presentations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Course language is English. Prerequisites: Sufficient English language skills In addition to the lectures, students need to attend 4 all-day field excursions. Excursion topics: Forest management and climate change, Nature-based silvicultural concepts; Soil protection and forest management; Continuous cover forestry. Participation at all 4 full-day excursions is a prerequisite for the credits. Excursions are held in English, German and French (some German and French knowledge is good to have). Additional field excursions focusing on the Swiss femelschlag system, the Plenter- and other uneven-aged systems will be offered during spring term in the optional course "Selected Topics of Multifunctional Forest Management". 9 all-day field trips will provide the possibility to consolidate theoretical knowledge, to apply it to real examples in the field, to discuss with forest practitioners and further consolidate what has been taught in this course. The additional course is an important part of the overall formation on forest management and is highly recommended. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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