{"id":26,"date":"2015-10-02T07:44:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T07:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecosystems\/fbl-104-integrated-ecosystem-assessment\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T15:43:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:43:17","slug":"fbl-104-integrated-ecosystem-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/study\/fbl-104-integrated-ecosystem-assessment","title":{"rendered":"FBL 104: Integrated Ecosystem Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Subject Ante and Title: FBL 104 Integrated Ecosystem Assessment <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Subject status:                       <\/span><\/strong>Elective <\/span><\/p>\n

Credits rating:                       <\/span><\/strong>8<\/span><\/p>\n

Time distribution:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lectures:                     30 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Tutorials:                     10 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Practical:                     10 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Assignments:               10 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Independent study:     20 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Prerequisite: None<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Learning Outcomes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to;<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Demonstrate an understanding of thefunctioning of natural ecosystems<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Identify ecosystems, and their products and services.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Assess the products and services provided by different ecosystems in an integrated manner.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Identify relevant human-ecosystem interrelationships and critical ecosystem.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Plan for integrated ecosystem assessment and monitoring.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Contents: <\/span><\/strong>Definition of ecosystem and types of ecosystems. <\/span>Principles of integrated ecosystem assessment. Criteria for prioritization of ecosystems, identification of critical ecosystems. Methods for assessment of ecosystems and indicators for assessment of ecosystem health. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Institutional aspects in ecosystem management the Environmental Management Act (EMA) and other policies\/legal instruments in ecosystem management<\/span>. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA). Ecosystems and human well-being. The National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP)<\/span> and ecosystem assessment.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Required Readings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Groom, M.J., Meffe G.K. and Carroll, C.R. (2006). Principles of Conservation Biology. Sinaner Associates,<\/em> Sunderland 3rd<\/sup> Edition. Massachusetts, U.S.A.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Boyle, T.J.B., Boontawee, B. (1995). Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity in Tropical and Temperate Forests<\/em>. CIFOR Indonesia.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. John, F. C. (1993). Biological Data Analysis. A Practical Approach<\/em>. Reprinted 1994. IRL P Press.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Recommended Readings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Neil, B., Hales, D.J., Underwood, E., Dinerstein, E., Olson, D., Schipper, I. J., and <\/span>Newman, R. (2004). Terrestrial Eco-regions of Africa and Madagascar. A Conservation Assessment<\/em>. Island Press, Washington.<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Jensen, M. E. and P. S Bourgeron (2001). A Guidebook for Integrated Ecological Assessments<\/em>. Springer Science and Business Media<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. URT (2004). Environmental Management Act<\/em>. Government Printer, Dar es salaam.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Subject Ante and Title: FBL 104 Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Subject status:                       Elective Credits rating:                       8 Time distribution: Lectures:                     30 hours Tutorials:                     10 hours Practical:                     10 hours Assignments:               10 hours Independent study:     20 hours Prerequisite: None Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to; Demonstrate an understanding of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":705,"menu_order":44,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":701,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/701"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}