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Presentation
Presentation
The Curricular Unit of Protected Areas Management provides students with fundamental concepts related to the problems of planning and management of terrestrial or aquatic protected areas as well as the legal instruments for their planning and management in Portugal.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
3 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULP287-13845
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
1 Protected areas. Importance of the existence of protected areas. Main types of protected areas. Other types of protection status. The Natura 2000 Network. The main international conventions related to nature protection. The red book of vertebrates. SIPNAT. 2 General principles of aquatic ecology. Lotus and lentic systems. Main ecological factors. The thermal stratification of the lakes. The main biotic communities in freshwater environments. Ecological succession in aquatic environment. 3 Bioindicators. The concept of bioindicator. Main types of bioindicators in aquatic environment. The example of macroinvertebrates. The biotic indices. The INAG sampling manuals. 4 The WFD. The water management paradigm. Main points of the WFD. Transposition into national legislation. The application in Portugal. The final typology. 5 River restoration. Previous concepts. Goals. Difficulties. Main types of intervention and methodologies. Analysis of case studies.
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Objectives
Objectives
The aim of this course is to provide students with the fundamental concepts related to the problem of planning and management of terrestrial or aquatic protected areas. It is intended to classify the main types of protected areas and the main international conventions related to the protection of nature. This curricular unit also establishes as an objective the knowledge of legal planning instruments in Portugal. It is also intended to transmit general knowledge regarding aquatic freshwater, transitional and marine ecology, as well as to reinforce the importance of river restoration, particularly in urban areas. Finally, the intention is to emphasize the importance of planning and ordering the marine space as essential governance tools for truly integrated, progressive and adaptive management of the ocean and the coastal zone.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
In this Curricular Unit, several laboratory activities will be carried for the consolidation of contents and the acquisition of practical skills. These activities allow the application of innovative teaching methodologies such as Problem Based Learning, which will be applied in the UC.
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References
References
Amado, A. (1997); "Contributos para uma Discussão sobre o Litoral" in Colectânea de Ideias sobre a Zona Costeira de Portugal; Associação EUROCOAST - Portugal; Porto; pp. 97-112 Andresen, T., Martins, F., Alves, F., Pinto, L. (1996); "Biophysical Planning in the Northern Coastal Area of Portugal: Case-Study: POOC Norte Caminha-Espinho"; Partnership in Coastal Zone Management; Cardigan; Edited by Jane Tussaik & Julian Mitchell; UK; Samara Publishing Limited, pp. 207-212 Borrego, C. (1994); "Sustainable Development of Coastal Zone: Why is it Important?", in Proceedings do Littoral 94; Associação EUROCOAST - Portugal; Lisboa; pp. 11-23
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
