{"id":70,"date":"2015-10-06T09:39:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T09:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecosystems\/fbe-618-wetland-ecosystems\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T15:43:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:43:15","slug":"fbe-618-wetland-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/study\/fbe-618-wetland-ecosystems","title":{"rendered":"FBE 618\tWetland Ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Learning Outcomes:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Demonstrate an understanding of wetlands as an area of focus in natural resources management.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Understand and use different tools for assessment of wetland resources as a basis for their conservation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Explain the relationship between wetland ecosystems, ecosystem services, biodiversity and water resources management <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Understand the link between wetland ecosystems and socio-economy of the society, poverty and livelihoods<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Course Content<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Definition of wetlands and their distribution, types of wetland ecosystems, ecological values &#8211; wetlands and biodiversity, wetlands and ecosystem services, socio-economic values of wetlands &ndash; wetlands and livelihoods, wetlands and poverty. Wetland Characteristics &#8211; limnology and physical-chemical properties of wetlands. Wetlands and climate change. Wetlands assessment and monitoring, threats to wetlands, mitigation measures to wetland degradation, integrated wetlands management planning, national and international institutions (policies and conventions) of relevance to the conservation of wetlands, wetlands-water and sustainable development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Required Reading<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Keddy, A. P. (2000). <em>Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation<\/em>. Cambridge University <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 614 pp.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Biswas K.A. Jellau M. And Stout G.1993. Water for Sustainable Development in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century. Oxford University Press Delhi 124 pp<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Recommended Reading<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Leopold BL and Dunne T 1978. Water in environmental Planning. Freeman and Company, New York 818 pp <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Wetlands International 2009. Planting Trees to Eat Fish. Field Experiences in Wetlands and Poverty Reduction. Wetlands International. 144 pp<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of wetlands as an area of focus in natural resources management. Understand and use different tools for assessment of wetland resources as a basis for their conservation. 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