207-171 Sustainable Catchment Management

The objectives of this unit are intended to extend the participant's ability to assess and manage issues relating to:

• systems approach to regional land management affecting soil and water;

• use and conservation;

• management of conflicting values relating to natural resource production systems within catchment areas; and

• analysis of physical and socio-economic implications for catchment management.

The topics covered in this unit include:

• a background in systems thinking;

• sustainability;

• implications for national and regional biodiversity; and

• the political, geological and ecological implications for catchment management.

One 3-hour end-of- semester examination (50% of final marks) and two mid-semester assignments each equivalent to 3000 words (25% each of final marks).