Conservation of natural habitats and species of wild flora and fauna

Course: ECOLOGY (Master) FULL-TIME

Structural unit: Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center

Title
Conservation of natural habitats and species of wild flora and fauna
Code
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2025/2026
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
PR04. Know the legal and ethical norms for evaluating professional activities, developing and implementing socially significant environmental projects in conditions of conflicting requirements. PR09. Know the principles of personnel and resource management, basic approaches to decision-making in conditions of incomplete/insufficient information and conflicting requirements. PR12. Be able to assess landscape and biological diversity and analyze the consequences of anthropogenic impact on natural environments. PR14. Apply new approaches to developing a decision-making strategy in complex, unpredictable conditions. PR16. Choose the optimal management and/or nature management strategy depending on environmental conditions. PR20. Possess the basics of conducting environmental research and ecological expert assessment of environmental impact.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Applicants must: • know – the basics of protected areas, ecology, and law; • be able to – analyze and interpret the results of ecological research, carry out basic mapping of habitats; • have basic skills – working with reference literature, information databases, computers, and GIS technologies.
Course content
The discipline "Conservation of Natural Habitats and Species of Wild Flora and Fauna" is included in the cycle of mandatory disciplines of the educational program for the preparation of candidates for a master's degree in the specialty 101 "Ecology". The teaching of the discipline is aimed at developing in students the competencies necessary for the creation, management and monitoring of the Emerald Network territories in Ukraine, as well as for working with similar protected areas of the Natura 2000 network. Special attention is paid to Ukraine's international obligations within the framework of the Bern Convention and modern European approaches to biodiversity protection.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Management of protected forests of Ukraine. Under the editorial board of academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Shelyaga-Sososnka Yu.R.- K.: Fitosotsiotsentr, 2003.- 299p. 2. Planning of management of protected areas. Manual for practitioners. Edited by O.V. Dudkin, O.M. Osadchaya.- Kyiv, 2007.- 60p. 3. Management of the protected area of ​​the national natural park "Pyryatynsky": scientific and reference edition / edited by: Abduloeva O.A., Podobailo A.V., Chekan A.S., Tesyolkina T.S.- K: "Talkom", 2017.- 32p. 4. Management of protected areas. Manual. Under the general editorship of O.V. Dudkin.- Kyiv, 2013.- 64p. 5. Chorny M. G. 2009. Peculiarities of scientific activity in nature reserves of Ukraine: scientific and methodological manual. - Kyiv: Publishing and printing center "Kyiv University". P. 29–50.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
semester assessment: 1. Modular test 1: РН 1.1, 1.2-4.1 – 20 points / 10 points. 2. Modular test 2: РН 2.2, 2.3- 4.1 – 20 points / 10 points. 3. Presentations / evaluation of oral answers / additions / reports / registration of results of laboratory classes: РН 3.1- 4.1 – 20 points / 10 points. - final assessment in the form of an exam
Assessment methods and criteria
Modular tests, evaluation of oral answers/additions, registration of results of practical work, presentations
Language of instruction
ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Anatoliy Podobaylo
Department of Ecology and Zoology
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Ecology and Zoology
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center