Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
LAND CONSERVATION: PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES OF MANAGEMENT 805010715020 3 + 0 3.0 8.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Günay ERPUL
Assistants
Goals It is aimed to compare scientific, managerial and political aspects of natural resource management and policy initiatives.
Course Content Balancing the use and conservation of resources, ecosystem management, bioregional planning, holistic conservation and development policies, cross-border approaches and applicable management, challenges in sustainable soil, land and ecosystem management, and science and policy interfaces, basic concepts and contents of different platforms, panels and programs, use of an interdisciplinary unifying conceptual framework, comparison of scientific, managerial, and political elements, United Nations, Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Intergovernmental Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Science Policy Interface Platform (IPBES), national land protection policies, analysis of legal regulations and practices, analysis and evaluation of selected policy and project implementations.
Learning Outcomes 1) Have knowledge about ecosystem management.
2) To be informed on land conservation and environment.
3) To use of natural resources and comparison of scientific, managerial and political elements related to sustainable environmental management.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Balancing resource use and protection Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Balancing resource use and protection Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Ecosystem management, bio-regional planning Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Ecosystem management, bio-regional planning Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Holistic protection and development policies Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Cross-border approaches and applicable management Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Sustainable land, land and ecosystem management challenges and science and policy interfaces Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Conceptual and contextual foundations of different platforms, panels and programs Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Using interdisciplinary conceptual framework, comparison of scientific, managerial and political elements Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Using interdisciplinary conceptual framework, comparison of scientific, managerial and political elements Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week United Nations, Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Intergovernmental Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Science Policy Interface Platform (IPBES) Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week United Nations, Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Intergovernmental Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Science Policy Interface Platform (IPBES) Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week National land protection policies, analysis of legal regulations and practices, analysis and evaluation of selected policy and project implementations Problem Solving
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
14. Week National land protection policies, analysis of legal regulations and practices, analysis and evaluation of selected policy and project implementations Problem Solving
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
FAO, 2011. Looking Ahead In World Food and Agriculture: Perspectives to 2050.
FAO, 2015. Status of the World’s Soil Resources, Main Report.
IPCC, 2007. Climate Change 2007: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Summary for Policymakers. Working Group II Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Forth Assessment Report.
Liniger, HP., Mekdaschi Studer, R. Moll, P., Zander, U. 2017. Making sense of research for sustainable land management. Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, Switzerland and Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research GmbH-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.
Türkiye Arazi Tahribatının Dengelenmesi. 2016. Ulusal Rapor 2016 - 2030. T.C. Orman ve Su İşleri Bakanlığı
UNCCC, 2013. Desertification, land degradation & drought (DLDD) -
UNCCD, 2016. Desertification
WOCAT 2007. Where the land is greener: Case studies of soil and water conservation initiatives worldwide. Editors: Hanspeter Liniger and William Critchley.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
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PY35555
PY45555
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 3
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 1 30
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 2 30
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 50
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
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  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload