ARCH41050 Global Biodiversity and Heritage

Academic Year 2019/2020

This module provides a broad introduction to natural heritage in a World Heritage context. It covers the theoretical aspects of natural heritage and its protection and management. Topics include natural heritage values, governance, biodiversity loss and protected area management. It considers sustainable development and biodiversity as a human right with focus on World Heritage properties and international case studies. It will also introduce students to international environmental law, policy and institutions, and considers potential criteria for successful (and unsuccessful) international environmental agreements. The module considers compliance with, and enforcement of, international environmental law - key issues in environmental governance and heritage protection and looks at examples of good practice which could be regarded as setting an international precedent. The module considers and compares international heritage protection instruments, including, in addition to the World Heritage Convention, CITES, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Ramsar Convention, and the EU's Natura 2000 network of protected areas.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
1) Identify threats to natural heritage and the impacts of biodiversity loss in national and international contexts.
2) Demonstrate a critical understanding of the different intrinsic and extrinsic values of biodiversity and natural heritage
3) Critically discuss the role of protected areas in biodiversity conservation.
4) Critically evaluate and compare international strategies for heritage protection, including the World Heritage Convention, CITES, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Ramsar Convention, and the EU Habitats and Birds Directives.
5) Critically evaluate international environmental agreements in terms of their mechanisms for enforcement, and the likelihood of compliance.
6) Identify good practice precedents, in terms of compliance/enforcement, which could usefully inform existing and future international environmental agreements

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

22
Field Trip/External Visits

12
Specified Learning Activities

30
Autonomous Student Learning

55
Total

119
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
lectures, field trip, small group learning, discussion 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Primary Degree

Learning Exclusions:

None

Learning Recommendations:

None


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Global Biodiversity and Herita (ZOOL40130)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Project: Project report Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

55
Presentation: Presentation Unspecified n/a Graded No

15
Essay: Comparative analysis Unspecified n/a Graded No

30

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

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Name Role
Dr Andrew Jackson Lecturer / Co-Lecturer