Nature conservation and forest landscaping
| Title | Προστασία Φύσης και Διαμόρφωση Δασικού Τοπίου / Nature conservation and forest landscaping |
| Code | 93Υ |
| Faculty | Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment |
| School | Forestry and Natural Environment |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600019484 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Dasologías kai Fysikoý Perivállontos (2020-sīmera)
Registered students: 41
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory Courses | Compulsory Course | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Instructors from Other Categories | |
| Weekly Hours | 5 |
| Total Hours | 65 |
| Class ID | 600276014
|
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600276014
- eLearning:
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able:
1) To record and evaluate the functions and values of protected areas and biodiversity, and the factors affecting them.
2) To have the scientific basis for the management and protection of protected areas and biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems.
3) To analyze and evaluate the landscape and diagnose existing problems.
4) To manage and shape the natural and artificial landscape vegetation.
5) To have the background and skills necessary for environmental impact studies and rehabilitation of the environment.
6) To have the necessary skills for planning and restore disturbed lands.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Respect natural environment
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
A) Introduction to Nature Protection, definitions. Contemporary research trends in the field of nature protection. Value of biodiversity, risks and need to protect it. Nature protection methods. Protected natural areas - categories of protected natural areas in Greece and internationally. Protected species of flora and fauna at international and national level. Nature protection in Greece, historical development and current situation. NATURA 2000 network, European directives 92/43 (directive on habitats and species) and 79/409 (directive on avian fauna), B) Analysis of natural landscape, management of natural landscape. Vegetation in landscape planning. Creation of artificial landscape. Silvcultutral treatments in recreational forests and aesthetic forests. Characteristics and benefits of road-edge vegetation. c) Human activities and landscape. National framework for rehabilitation studies. Analysis of ecological and environmental impacts on the landscape, the environment and humans. Environmental impact studies. Principles of ecological restoration. Objectives, methods and techniques of land rehabilitation. Selection of land uses after restoration, criteria and selection process. Landscape restoration. Selection of plant species, and vegetation establshment techniques. Care measures after recovery. Monitoring the success of the restoration.
Keywords
Nature conservation, biodiversity, silvicultural treaments in aesthetic forests, landscape analysis and managment, ecosystem restoration
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.3 | ✓ | ||
| Laboratory Work | 26 | 0.9 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 30 | 1 | |||
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | 8 | 0.3 | ✓ | ||
| Project | 30 | 1 | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 12 | 0.4 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Exams | 5 | 0.2 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 150 | 5 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
- Labortatory Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Χατζηστάθης Α. και Ισπικούδης Ι. 1995. Προστασία της Φύσης Και Αρχιτεκτονική Τοπίου. Εκδόσεις Γιαχούδη-Γιαπούλη. Θεσσαλονίκη.
Γκανάτσας Π. 2023. Πανεπιστημιακές Παραδόσεις. Προστασία της Φύσης. ΑΠΘ, Θεσσαλονίκη.
Γκανάτσας Π. 2018. Πανεπιστημιακές Παραδόσεις, Διαμόρφωση και Αποκατάσταση Τοπίου. ΑΠΘ, Θεσσαλονίκη.
Last Update
01-09-2024
