Planning and management for nature reserves

• Ability to decide the proper protected area category for a given area and to delineate its limits.
• Ability to implement protected area zoning.
• Ability to list the uses allowed in a protected area.
• Ability to design, lead, prepare, apply and interpret conservation projects and plans (natural resources plan, management and use plan, etc.).

Theories:

1. Introduction. History of the conservation of protected natural areas. Origin and values associated to different protected area types.
2. Protected areas: types, objectives and designations at an international level. Protected natural areas in Spain and Galicia. Protected areas networks. Legal tools for planning: PORN and PRUG.
3. Principles of protected areas management. Management of populations and ecosystem management. Objectives and strategies for management. Systematic conservation planning: concepts, principles and implementation. Uncertainty and adaptive management.


Other activities (practices, seminars, tutorials):
1. Introduction to systematic conservation planning: software and applications.
2. Methods and workflow for designing and zoning protected areas with the software MARXAN.
3. Case study I: Design of a network of Special Protection Areas for Birds (SPAs).
4. Case study II: Zonation of a protected area.

Ausden, Malcolm. 2007. Habitat management for conservation : a handbook of techniques. Oxford University Press.
Dudley, N. 2008. Directrices para la aplicación de las categorias de gestión de áreas protegidas. UICN

BASIC AND GENERAL SKILLS
CROSS-SECTIONAL SKILLS
SPECIFIC SKILLS

Lecture-explanation: teaching procedure by which the lecturer will present the concepts and/or procedures, providing basic information necessary for understanding the theoretical perspectives or practical procedures, to promote student participation.
Practical class: developed in the field, laboratory or computer room. Its objectives are to observe in situ aspects of the physical and biological environment, to carry out experiments and to learn and apply computer software, with the support and supervision of the lecturer.

Minimum Maximum
Continuous evaluation 30 100
Exam 0 70

Hours Percentage (%)
Lectures 7 100
Interactive classes 14 100
Tutorials 1 100
Exam 2 100
Personal studies 51 0
Total hours of work 75