832301 Wildlife management issues in protected areas in Central Europe
- Type
- Lecture
- Semester hours
- 1
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Mattsson, Brady
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Wintersemester 2023/24
- Languages of instruction
- Englisch
- Content
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Overview about the role of protected areas for balancing wildlife management and conservation with other concerns in Central Europe. Within this context, the following issues will be presented and discussed: history of protected areas in Europe, protected area categories, legal frameworks such as the EU Habitats Directive and Birds Directive along with the Biodiversity Strategy, sustainable hunting, rewilding including reintroduction, wildlife movement corridors, impacts of climate change on habitats and wildlife along with their managment, visitor management, and regional-scale green infrastructure.
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