Wetlands for Livelihoods and Conservation
For whom?
Students and mid-career professionals with a BSc in civil, chemical, agricultural, environmental engineering or a related field
Prerequisites
Basics in environmental sciences and affinity with social sciencesDates, Fee, ECTS
Start: 04 July 2022
End: 22 July 2022
ECTS credit points: 5
Deadline IHE application: 03 June 2022 - 23.59 (CET)
Course fee: € 3000
VAT is not included in the course fee
Learning objectives
Upon completion, the participant should be able to:
- understand the framework of ecosystem functions and services, and means of assessing it
- develop adaptive management for wetlands in response to change
- analyse the socioecological system by applying DPSIR and Agency Network Analysis
- assess the state of the wetland ecosystem on the basis of HydroGeoMorphological units and applying WETHealth
- develop and carry out stakeholder interviews and surveys
- conduct and communicate a research project.
Course content
Ecosystem functions and services; Climate change as a driver of change in WMP; Objective Oriented Planning (OOP); Stakeholder analysis and participatory approaches to WMP; Stakeholder consultations and WMP guidelines developed by the Ramsar convention; Wetland assessment.