| CODE | AGR3800 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Environmental Stewardship | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Rural Sciences and Food Systems | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will introduce the student to the concepts of resources management, environmental planning and assessment, land stewardship and sustainable development. Case studies of specific issues such as parks and natural heritage conservation, agricultural land loss, and integrated rural resources management will provide insight on approaches to decision making. Discussion of the concept of stewardship as an environmental ethic. Study-unit Aims The purpose of this study-unit is to analyse the basic issues on environmental conservation, sustainable use and stewardship, and to develop the theoretical and methodological issues on environmental evaluation, and the most common technical tools for the analysis and evaluation of the environment. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1) Describe the role of natural resources in rural operations 2) Describe how basic concepts of ecology help to explain how human activity can influence the characteristics of a natural setting. 3) Describe the impacts of human activity on natural resources and local communities, and strategies for minimizing those impacts. 4) Explain why environmental ethics and environmental stewardship are significant concerns in rural development. 5) Demonstrate basic ecological concepts. 6) Characterise the types of conflicts that can occur in natural settings between various human activities 7) Explain the importance of biodiversity 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1) Research: collect, collate, analyze and interpret information. 2) Manage rural development projects effectively and efficiently. 3) Develop a philosophy and global perspective regarding the role of environmental stewardship in rural planning. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings - Peter Morris and Riki. Therivel.Methods of environmental impact assessment. 2nd ed. Spon, 2001. 0-415-23959-1. (Main Library). - Wood, Christopher. Environmental impact assessment : a comparative review. 2nd ed. Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2003. 405 p. 0-582-36969-X. (Main Library). - Petts, J. Handbook of environmental impact assessment, (Set of 2 vols). Blackwell, 1999. 0-632-04773-9. (Main Library). - Erickson P.A. (1994) A practical guide to Environmental Impact Assessment, Academic Press, New York. - Janssen R. (1994) Multi-objective decision support for environmental management, Kluwer. - Young M. D. (1992) Sustainable Investment and Resource Use, UNESCO. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-units: AGR1401 or related study-unit Students, who are interested to take this study-unit as optional, are kindly requested to contact the Department of Rural Sciences before registering for this unit. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Anthony Zammit |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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