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3490. Conservation, Biodiversity, Management, and Protected Area Design in South Africa

Also offered as: NRE 3490

4.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Study abroad in South Africa. History of conservation biology as a science and practice. Emphasis on the links between pattern and process, strategies and tools available to conservationists to maintain biodiversity; the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and debates on the maintenance of biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes. This course is offered in partnership with the Organization for Tropical Studies.

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