Management and Conservation of Terrestrial Fauna

Code: BIO08097M

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/162 hours

Scientific Area: Biology

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Produção e consumo sustentáveis - Assegurar padrões de produção e de consumo sustentáveis.

Ação climática - Tomar medidas urgentes para combater a mudança climática e seus impactos (*).

Proteger a vida terrestre - Proteger, recuperar e promover o uso sustentável dos ecossistemas terrestres, gerir de forma sustentável as florestas, combater a desertificação, deter e reverter a degradação da Terra e deter a perda da biodiversidade.

Learning Goals

It is intended to provide students with the knowledge and critical skills, which they need for a responsible assessment towards the planning and management of wildlife resources. Relevance will be given to the types of actions generally considered in the management, recovery, mitigation and compensation of impacts on the fauna. Case studies are presented at regional, national and global levels.

Communities and ecosystems: interactions and disturbances.
Fauna of urban areas: damages and benefits.
Wildlife and linear infrastructures - an ecological perspective.
Management of agroecosystems for wildlife conservation.
Management of invasive species and exotic fauna.
Breeding in captivity and animal restoring .
Topics on conservation genetics
Plans for control and eradication of exotic species.
Plans for maintenance and recovery of priority native species

Teaching Methods

Structured lectures with theoretical component supported by audiovisual media and online resources. Discussion of scientific papers and other reports. Working in group on a scientific-technical report about a chosen theme and its oral presentation.