SUST 4047

Conservation systems that protect biodiversity are increasingly necessary as human activities dominate the landscape, seascape and freshwater systems. Precise prescriptions for conservation design are evolving. The theory and practice of conservation system design are explored through lectures, presentations, discussions, and exercises, as an active learning module involving students, the instructor and the broader community. Topics include representation of ecological systems, focal species, population viability, habitat suitability, landscape ecology, connectivity, road ecology, and planning for species shifts in response to climate change.