Geography of cross-border environmental cooperation

Course: Cross-border environmental cooperation

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Geography of cross-border environmental cooperation
Code
ОК 01
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5
Learning outcomes
1. Apply the acquired theoretical knowledge and practical skills for the study of natural and socio-territorial systems at different levels of spatial organization, in particular the cross-border level. (PR01) 2. Communicate freely on professional and scientific issues in a foreign language (PR03) 3. Conduct research and/or carry out innovative activities in order to obtain new knowledge, develop new methods and procedures in geography and interdisciplinary contexts, in particular, on issues of nature conservation, restoration and protection of landscapes and biodiversity (PR04) 4. To be able to identify, pose and solve scientific and applied problems, to carry out a critical evaluation of the decisions made, in particular, also in terms of the cross-border level of nature protection (PR05) 5. Independently assess the key trends in the development of natural and socio-geographical processes for the formation of new areas of scientific research, in particular (PR15)
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know about the use of international environmental conventions and treaties. 2. To know the key principles of specialized geographical educational disciplines. 3. Know the environmental legislation of Ukraine. 4. To have basic skills of geospatial analysis. 5. Know the basic environmental and nature protection terms in English
Course content
the discipline considers theoretical foundations cross-border environmental cooperation, focuses on spheres and concrete cases of such cooperation in Ukraine, analysis and cross-border territories ecological cooperation. The discipline consists of two content modules. The first content module analyzed the theoretical foundations of cross-border of environmental cooperation in Ukraine, regulatory and legal framework and forms of cross-border cooperation cooperation, hierarchical levels and regions of cross-border cooperation. In the second content module, specific directions and cases are analyzed cross-border environmental cooperation, integration opportunities nature protection territories of Ukraine to the pan-European ecological network, Emerald network and Ramsar sites, biosphere reserves, as well as directions post-war environmental cooperation. Study discipline "Geography of cross-border environmental cooperation of Ukraine" is one of the components of comprehensive training of higher education degree holders "master's degree" in the specialty "106 Geography" of the educational program "Cross-border ecological cooperation".
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Закон України “Про транскордонне співробітництво. Посилання: http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg =1861-15 2 2. Кравців В.С., Жук П.В., Колодійчук І.A. Регулювання екологічної безпекитранскордонного регіону в контексті європейської інтеграції України. Львів, 2015. 121 с. 3. Ладиченко В.В., Гиренко В., Головко Л.O., Вітів В.A. Екологічна політика і право ЄС. Київ, 2019. 363 с.. 4. Jongman R.H.G., Bouwma I.M., Griffioen A., Jones-Walters L., Van Doorn A.M. The Pan European Ecological Network: PEEN // Landscape Ecology, 201 Vol.26.P.311-326. 5. Василюк O., Борисенко K., Куземко A., Марущак O., Тєстов П., Гриник Є. Проектування і збереження територій мережі Емеральд. Методичні матеріали. Київ: “LAT&K”, 2019. 78 с. 6. Хилько M.I. Екологічна безпека України: навчальний посібник. Київ, 2017. 266
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lecture, practical occupation.
Assessment methods and criteria
Test, modular control work, practical occupation, exam
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology
heohrafichnyi fakultet