COURSE SYLLABUS

CONSERVATION NATURE AND BIODIVERSITY

1	Course Title:	CONSERVATION NATURE AND BIODIVERSITY
2	Course Code:	BYL4026
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	8
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. GÜRCAN GÜLERYÜZ
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Gürcan Güleryüz Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, Görükle kampusü, 16059 Bursa 0224 2941799, e-posta: gurcan@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	This course aims to explain the environmental problems that the mankind face and new approaches, natural resources, ecological balance, the approaches required in the natural conservation, the conservation of species and community, island biogeography theory; learn the definition and their lawful bases of conservation sites, and also the conservation sites established in Turkey; the multiple-target used ways and ecological stress; the definitions the environmental law, economy and policy, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports and their preparing methods.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Explains the Sustainable Societies, Balanced World Model concepts.;
2	Explains the human population rising and its’s effects on nature.;
3	Explains the relationships between population rising and ecological problems.;
4	Relating the population rising and sustainable use of natural sources.;
5	Explains the biodiversity concept and it’s importance.;
6	Explains the importance ofNational parks, Nature Conservation Sites, Natural Monument and Nature Parks.;
7	Explains the environmental conservation and environmental management concepts in terms legal system.;
8	Explains the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) used for environmental management plannings.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Traditional and Sustainable Societies, Balanced World Model, Natural Resources
2	Population rising and Urbanization, Urban Developing
3	Ecological problems of Human; Agricultural and Food problems, Energy problem.
4	Environmental Pollution
5	Nature Conservation;Ecological Balance, Pollution Prevention
6	Population Rise and ıt’s balanced, Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
7	Repeating courses and midterm exam
8	Biodiversity and Conservation, The conservation of Species and Community, Island Biogeography Theory
9	Goods and Services of Biodiversity, Exploitation of Biodiversity
10	Conservation of Natural sites (National parks, Nature Conservation Sites, Natural Monument and Nature Parks)
11	The new approaches in the natural conservation and management; International Conventions on Environmental Conservation, Environmental Law and Regulations,The Hazard Limits and Risk Analysis
12	Environmental Policy, Environmental Economics, Environmental Planning, themultiple-target used ways and ecological stress
13	Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Stages of Environmental ImpactAssessment
14	Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Doğanın Korunması ve Biyolojik Çeşitlilik Ders Notları, GÜLERYÜZ G KOCATAŞ A. (1992) Ekoloji, Çevre Biyolojisi, Ege Ün. Matbaası, İzmir, 1992 YİĞİT A ve ark. (2002) ÇevreselEtkiDeğerlendirme (ÇED), Klavuz Paz. Tic. Ve San Ltd Şti, Ankara.2002 SPELLERBERG, I F. Evaluation and Assessment for Conservation: ecological guidelines for determining priorities for nature conservation. Chapman and Hall., London 1995 Cairns Jr J and Heckman JR (1996). Restoration Ecology: The State of an Emerging. Field. Annu. Rev. Energy Environ 21:167-189 Knops J. M. H., Bradley K. L. and Wedin D. A. (2002) Mechanisms of plant species impacts on ecosystem nitrogen cycling. Ecology Letters, 5: 454–466 Burger UJ (2000) Landscapes, tourism, and conservation. The Science of the Total Environment 249(1-3): 39-49 Brofas G. and Varelides C. (2000). Hydro-Seeding And Mulching For Establishing Vegetation On Mining Spoils In Greece. Land Degradation & Development 11: 375-382
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High