FNP-31306 Communities, Conservation and Development
Course
Credits 6.00
Teaching method | Contact hours |
Lectures | 24 |
Problem-based learning | 5 |
Self-study |
Course coordinator(s) | dr. ir. KF Wiersum |
Lecturer(s) | dr. ir. KF Wiersum |
dr. ir. GM Verschoor | |
Examiner(s) | dr. ir. KF Wiersum |
dr. ir. GM Verschoor |
Language of instruction:
English
Assumed knowledge on:
FNP-23806 or related; basic knowledge on ecology and rural sociology
Continuation courses:
Thesis Forest and Nature Conservation Policy; Thesis Rural Development Sociology
Contents:
The course provides an overview of the specific features of community-based use, conservation and management of biological resources, and its significance for rural development. The following issues are discussed: (a) the history of the debate between conservation and development and the policy developments regarding community-based conservation, (b) the main institutional characteristics of community-based conservation and interventions for its development, (c) main controversial issues regarding community-based conservation in respect to problematic issues such as the relation between (wo)man and nature, and concepts such as community, indigenous knowledge and practice, and participation and collective action. The course consists of lectures and the preparation of a group report.
Learning outcomes:
After the course the students should be able to:
- describe and explain the different opinions concerning the role of community-based conservation of biological resources and its relation to rural development as identified by different authors, as well as the main characteristics of such systems and specific issues related to the stimulation of this approach;
- apply these insights in the assessment of a community-based conservation and development programme.
Activities:
- attendance of lectures and guest presentations coupled with self-study;
- participation in group discussions and group exercise;
- preparation of paper.
Examination:
- examination (70%);
- result paper (30%).
Literature:
A reader will be made available. Slides of lectures are published on internet.
Further information on the course is provided on the internetsite.
Programme | Phase | Specialization | Period | ||
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Restricted Optional for: | MFN | Forest and Nature Conservation | MSc | B: Management | 3WD |
MFN | Forest and Nature Conservation | MSc | A: Policy and Society | 3WD |