Course: Professional English in Use: Nature Conservation-Management of Protected Areas I

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Course title Professional English in Use: Nature Conservation-Management of Protected Areas I
Course code KZP/3MAJ2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
1. NATIONAL PARKS (NP), PROTECTED LANDCAPE AREAS (PLA), AND OTHER LARGE-SCALE PROTECTED AREAS (PLA): AN INTRODUCTION Geographic overview of large-scale protected areas in the Czech Republic, Europe and around the world - Protected values - NP and PLA in the North Bohemian Region 2. FINANCING OF NATIONAL PARKS AND PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AREAS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND ABROAD Financial sources of NP and PLA from public budget - Own financial resources of NP - The use of public financial sources by other subjects on the territory of NP and PLA 3. ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS AND PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AREAS Organisational departments - Employees´ skills/education - Personnel management - International Comparison 4. STRATEGY AND PLANNING OF NATIONAL PARKS AND PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AREAS Strategic and conceptual documents - Protected Area Management Plans - Tourism Management Plans - Setting of priorities 5. TOURISM AND VISITOR MANAGEMENT Tourism and protected areas - Impacts of visitor use - Assistance to visitors and the ecologically sustainable visitor use 6. POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS AND PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AREAS Sector and local policies - Interest and lobby groups - Nongovernmental non-profit organisation (NGO´s) - Law enforcement 7. BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN NATIONAL PARKS AND PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AREAS Opportunities and limits od private business activities in NP and PLA - Agriculture and forestry - Hard and soft recreation, agrotourism and ecotourism. 8. PUBLIC RELATIONS Public image of NP and PLA - Environmental education and interpretation - Media management 9 . EVALUATION OF WORK OF NP AND PLA ADMINISTRATIONS Economic efficiency and environmental effectiveness of measures - Result and impact indicators - International standardization and comparison (IUCN etc.). 10. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND INSPIRATION IN MANAGEMENT OF LARGE-SCALE PROTECTED AREAS European Union, U.S.A, Visegrad countries - Natura 2000 - PanParks´ initiative and private business - Best practice examples 11. STUDENTS´ EXCURSION TO NATIONAL PARK (OR PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AREA) ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Anglická literatura bude zadána vyučujícím při zahájení kurzu.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Environment Study plan (Version): Revitalization of Lanscape (C_3) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter