Ecosystem Restoration and Land Use Management
Code
10383
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
Credits
3.0
Teacher in charge
José Carlos Ribeiro Ferreira, Maria Paula Oliveira Sobral
Weekly hours
3
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
1. Give students the skills to restore/rehabilitate degraded ecosystems, according to state-of-the-art pratices in order to achieve a requalified environment
2. Elaborate plans/projects for restoration and for monitoring the sucess of those plans/projects
3. Entertwine theory and practice, through field evaluation of implemented techniques in ongoing projects or using case studies
Prerequisites
does not apply
Subject matter
Introdution. Basic concepts
Theoretical aspects of ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation planning. Ambition levels
Ecosystem restoration techniques and rehabilitation planning of terretrial and aquatic/coastal sytems
Elaboration of plans/projects of restoration and rehabilitation. Legal framework
Evaluation of sucess of the implemented mesures. Case studies
Seminars will be held by experienced researchers and technicians working on the subject.
Field trips to visit on going projects are planned
Bibliography
Doyle, M and Drew, C. (eds) 2008. Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration. SER International. Island Press, Washington.
Jensen. M., Bourgeron, PS. (Eds), 2001. A Guidebook for Integrated Ecological Assessments. Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Gilbert, O., Anderson, P. 1998. Habitat Creation and Repair. Oxford University Press
Van Andel, J., Aronson, J. (eds) 2006. Restoration Ecology. The new frontier. Blackwell Publishing.
Walker, LR, Walker, J Hobbs, RJ (eds), 2007. Linking Restoration and Ecological Sucession. Springer, New York
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