Sumários
Wildlife management and hunting
3 Novembro 2021, 13:30 • Miguel Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho
Relationship between wildlife management and hunting. Trophy hunting.Trophy hunting, wildlife conservation, and rural livelihoods. Analysis of paper by Cooney et al. 2017. Student discussion of six case studies on wildlife conservation and trophy hunting.
Conservation tools beyond protected areas: Forest certification and payment for ecosystem services
27 Outubro 2021, 13:30 • Miguel Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho
Sustainable forest management and forest certification. Case study: effects of certification on the conservation and biodiversity of cork oak woodlands. The concept of payment for ecosystem services as a tool for biodiversity and wildlife conservation. Case study: The WWF Green Heart of Cork PES scheme. Student assessment of payment for ecosystem services schemes across the world. Identification of target ecosystem services. Payers, sellers, and other beneficiaries.
Conservation outside protected areas
25 Outubro 2021, 14:30 • Miguel Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho
The need to promote conservation outside protected areas. Sustainable forest management: social, economic, and environmental pillars. Forest certification as a tool to promote sustainable management and conservation of forests and wildlife.
Conservation categories of species
20 Outubro 2021, 13:30 • Miguel Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho
The IUCN list of threatened species. Vulnerable, endangered, and critical endangered species. Down-listing and up-listing wildlife species. Practical exercise: discussing numbers of threatened species and main factors of threat in different countries.
Conservation tools: protected areas
18 Outubro 2021, 14:30 • Miguel Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho
Conservation tools. Global networks of protected areas. The pan- European network of protected areas Natura 2000. IUCN Protected area categories. The need to conserve outside networks of protected areas.