Geoecological principles of environmental restoration and ecosystem services marketing

Course: «Geoecology and Ecosystem Services»

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Geoecological principles of environmental restoration and ecosystem services marketing
Code
ОК 19
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2024/2025
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5
Learning outcomes
1. Collect, process and analyze information in the field of Earth sciences, geoecology, marketing and restoration of ecosystem services (PR01). 2. Determine the main characteristics, processes, history and composition of the Earth as a planetary system and its geospheres (PR06). 3. Analyze the composition and structure of geospheres at different spatial and temporal scales (PR10). 4. Identify geoecological factors that determine risks in nature use (PR21).
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Successful mastery of the disciplines "Fundamentals of Fundamental and Applied Geoecology", "Meteorology", "Hydrology", "Soil Science", "General Geology", "Introduction to Ecology". 2. Be able to establish the causes and consequences of the disturbance, degradation and destruction of natural ecosystems in different regions of the world. 3. Be able to analyze the negative consequences of anthropogenic activity from the perspective of applying the main principles of ecological restoration. 4. Know the theoretical and methodological principles of restoration of ecosystems and habitats of wildlife damaged or destroyed due to active human intervention. 5. Know modern quantitative and qualitative methods of geoecological research, methods of monitoring and restoration of degraded ecosystems and related ecosystem services.
Course content
This academic discipline is dedicated to the study of theoretical and practical aspects of the science, practice and policy of ecological restoration, principles and modern methods used to support biodiversity, improve resilience to climate change and restore an ecologically healthy relationship between the environment and society, as well as the formation of skills and abilities to solve current problems in the field of ecological restoration. The discipline "Geoecological Principles of Environmental Restoration and Marketing of Ecosystem Services" is aimed at deepening theoretical knowledge about the factors of disturbance, degradation and destruction of natural ecosystems, the formation of special professional, social and personal competencies in students, the accumulation of knowledge about the possibility of critical thinking, analysis and synthesis, the ability to search, process and analyze information from various sources, the ability to identify, formulate and solve problems in the field of ecological restoration and marketing of ecosystem services.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Гавриленко О.П. Екологія з основами геоекології: підручник. Riga : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2018. 462 с. 2. Гродзинський М.Д. Ландшафтна екологія: підручник. Київ : Знання, 2014. 550 с. 3. Олійник Я.Б., Шищенко П.Г., Гавриленко О.П. Основи екології: підручник. Київ : Знання, 2012. 560 с. 4. Третяк А.М., О.С. Будзяк, Третяк В.М., Дорош О.С., Будзяк В.М., Юречко Ю.О. Екологія землекористування: навч. посіб. Київ : Інститут екологічного управління та збалансованого природокористування, 2017. 178 с. 5. Шищенко П.Г., Гавриленко О.П. Геоекологія України: підручник. Київ : ДП «Прінт Сервіс», 2017. 494 с. 6. Шищенко П.Г., Гавриленко О.П. Прикладна геоекологія: підручник. Київ : ПВТП «LAT&K», 2020. 440 с. 7. Щепак В.В. Моніторинг та охорона земель: навч. посіб. Полтава : ПолтНТУ, 2017. 120 с.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
practical workshop, analytical report, discussion, solving specific tasks and situations
Assessment methods and criteria
performing creative analytical and computational work, discourse, examination
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olena Petrivna Havrylenko
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