Course: Management of Large-Scale Protected Area

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Course title Management of Large-Scale Protected Area
Course code KZP/5MLSA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hejcman Michal, prof. doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Rouhani Abdulmannan
Course content
1. National parks (NP), protected landcapes (PLA), and other large-scale protected areas: an introduction. Geographic overview of large-scale protected areas in the Czech Republic, Europe and around the world. Protected values. 2. Categories of protected areas. 3. Financing of national parks and protected landscape areas in the Czech Republic and abroad. Financial sources for NP and PLA from the public budget. Own financial resources of protected areas. The use of public financial sources by other subjects on the territory of NP and PLA. 4. Organisational structure and personnel management of national parks and protected landscapes. Organisational departments. Employees´ skills/education. Personnel management. 5. Strategy and planning of national parks and protected landscapes. Strategic and conceptual documents. Types of protected area management plans 6. Protected area management plan. Setting of goals and objectives. Tourism management plans and business management plans. 7. Tourism and visitor management. Impacts of visitor use. Assistance to visitors and ecologically sustainable visitor use. 8. Political environment and management of national parks and protected landscape areas. Sectoral and local policies. Interest and lobby groups. Nongovernmental non-profit organisations (NGO´s. Law enforcement. 9. Business activities in national parks and protected landscape areas. Opportunities and limits of private business activities in NP and PLA. Agriculture and forestry. Hard and soft recreation, agrotourism and ecotourism. 10. Public relations. Public image of NP and PLA. Environmental education and interpretation. Media management. 11. 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.). 12. International cooperation and inspiration in management of large-scale protected areas. European union, U.S.A, and Visegrad countries. Natura 2000. 13. A students´ field trip to a national park (or a protected landscape).

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • HANNA, K. et al. Transforming parks and protected areas. New York: Routledge, 2008.
  • LOCKWOOD. M. et al. Managing protected areas: A global guide. London: Earthscan, 2006.
  • MORAVEC, J. Management of Protected Areas. Ústí n. L.: UJEP, 2014.
  • SELLARS, R. Preserving Nature in the National Parks. A History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.


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