| Skov & Landskab | |||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | Kandidat 1.år til Kandidat 2. år | ||||||||||||
| Varighed | En blok | ||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Kandidatkursus | ||||||||||||
| Eksamen | Løbende eksamen skriftlig prøve Portfolio eksamen Alle hjælpemidler tilladt Beskrivelse af eksamen: There will be two 24 hours Internet-based written exams during the course. One half way through the course and a second at the end of the course. The course responsible will upload the exam questions and the students must submit their individual answers within 24 hours. The workload of answering the exam questions is estimated to be eight hours for each of the two exams. Vægtning: The two examinations count 50% each in the final marking. 13-skala, intern censur | ||||||||||||
| Forudsætninger for indstilling til eksamen | At least 75% of the e-learning modules passed. | ||||||||||||
| Rammer for undervisning | The teaching is web-based supplemented with classroom sessions at KVL. Yet, subject to internet access, students can follow and complete the course from anywhere in the world. | ||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | Block 2 Ugestruktur: B | ||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||
| Anbefalede forudsætninger | 116521 096222 | ||||||||||||
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| Competences obtained within basic science: Is able to assess the quality of 'hard' data on forest areas, condition and product outtake and extract the policy significance of these. Competences obtained within applied science: Knowledge of the development and present stage of community forestry, including its theoretical foundation within common pool resource management, the importance of political, legal and institutional frameworks as well as how the concept may be applied in practice. Understanding the potentials of community forestry to serve the dual objective of rural development and forest/nature conservation. Ability to apply the theoretical framework on literature cases and in 'real life' situations. Competences obtained within ethics and values: Is able to reflect on community forestry's democratic values in terms of local communities' and sub-communities'(women, low caste, landless, etc.) rights to be directly involved in the management of local natural resources. | |||||||||||||
| Kursets målsætning | |||||||||||||
| The aim of the course is to give the students a thorough understanding of how community forestry may contribute to rural development and forest/nature conservation. It is stressed that community forestry is intimately linked with agriculture and that the concept has deep political and legislative connotations. | |||||||||||||
| Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||
| Emphasis is on the political and socio-economic aspects of community forestry as a means to promote rural development and conserve forest/nature resources in an equitable manner. Central themes are the theoretical foundation of community forestry vis á vis the tragedy of the (unmanaged) commons, conflict management, institutional arrangements, policy, legislation and economic incentives. Subjects include how to identify legitimate stakeholders in community forestry, locally and externally determined factors that are likely to promote or undermine the success of community forestry, how the political and legislative environment influences community forestry and how community forestry may be implemented in practice. | |||||||||||||
| Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||
| 1. E-learning (e-modules): internet-based teaching modules integrating literature studies and exercises. Exercises relate to theory (multiple-choice and free text exercises) and case studies (free text only). E-learning will be supported by on-line discussions in which students are expected to participate. 2. In addition, a number of presentations, analyses and discussions of selected topics and cases as well as e-learning support will be offered as classroom sessions. | |||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||
| Treue, T., Olsen, C.S., Larsen, H.O., Nebel G. and Aalbæk, A 2005. Community forestry compendium. The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, Copenhagen | |||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||
| Thorsten Treue, ttr@life.ku.dk, Center for Skov, Landskab og Planlægning/Økonomi, Politik og Driftsplanlægning, Tlf: 35331759 | |||||||||||||
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