Sustainability and Sustainable Development of Natural Resources
The course, addressed to a wide range of scientists, aims, primarily, to familiarize them with the basic concepts of sustainability, and then to provide specialized knowledge in specific issues of sustainable management of Natural Resources. The objective is also to acquire (through a multidisciplinary team) the ability to manage natural ecosystems and resources in order to satisfy (a) maintaining the balance of natural systems, (b) meeting human needs. Graduate students are provided periodically with papers, published in international journals, related to the preceding lecture, which they study and present in the classroom. In addition, during the semester, an assignment is being prepared, which is presented at the end of the semester, while dialogue, reflection, comparisons and arguments are developed. Throughout the semester the tutor oversees the course of work and the proper use of the literature.
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