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Students will gain new knowledge in the following fields

1st Students will increase their knowledge on issues of Nature Conservation and Landscape, sustainable development.
2nd Students will know the current state of nature protection in the Czech Republic, Germany, USA.
3rd Students will be able to assess the impact of anthropogenic activities on ecosystems and will be able to determine the individual effects of anthropogenic activities on ecosystems.
4th Students will understand the global problems of the of mankind in the relation to environmental protection and sustainable development.
5th Students will be able to understand the current declarations and conventions of sustainable development, in the methods and activities to achieve sustainable development at national and European level.

Basis knowledge of principles of Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Biology.

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Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Evaluation is given on the submission of a satisfactory term project selected issues of nature protection and sustainable development and presentation.

1st Basic principles of nature and landscape protection, environment, strategy and perspective.
2nd Biological principles of nature protection.
3rd International Convention for the Conservation of Nature, an international institution for the protection of nature (CITES, WWF, UNESCO, MAB, IUCN, Europarc).
4th The current state of nature - examples of nature protection in the Czech Republic, Germany, USA.
5th Basic principles and concepts of sustainable development (history, development, principles, objectives, policies and strategies).
6th Environmentally affected areas of the world.
7th Global problems (impact of increasing population).
8th Global issues (climate change, ozone hole, air pollution).
9th Global problems (pollution of water, oceans, soils, biodiversity change).
10th Significant declarations and conventions (Bruntland report, the Rio Earth Summit, Agenda 21, the Kyoto Protocol, Johannesburg 2002 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, The Ramsar Convention on wetlands protection, Bern Convention, Bonn Convention, Antarctic Treaty, Natura 2000, the Aarhus Convention).
11th Sustainable Development Indicators
12th Methods for measuring and achieving sustainable development, ecological footprint.

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The aim of the course is to provide students with basic information and clarification of the principles of nature conservation, landscape and sustainable development, biological principles of conservation. Introduce students with basic international conventions and institutions for the protection of nature, the current state of environmental protection in the Czech Republic, Germany, USA. Explain the basic principles and concepts of sustainable development (history, development, principles, objectives, policies, strategies). Explain the impact of human activity on the natural sphere, (examples of environmentally affected areas of the world). Explain global problems of mankind (the influence of the growing population in the state of sustainability, climate change, pollution of air, water, oceans, soils, biodiversity change). To acquaint students with important declarations and conventions of Sustainable Development. Explain indicators of sustainable development, methods for measuring and achieving sustainable development, the principle of ecological footprint.

Teaching is supported eLearning course, within which are available support materials including electronic textbooks, presentations, lectures, and other complementary materials. In the second half semester consultations are reserved under which it is possible to consult the semestral project.

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Doležalová: Elearningové studijní opory,https://www.vutbr.cz/elearning/course/view.php?id=121883 (EN)
Chiras D.D. Environmnetal science, Creating a sustanaible future. Jones and Bartlett Publisher, 2006, pp.1-730 (EN)
Manahan S.E. Environmental science and Technology, Sustainable Approach to Green (EN)

Primack, B.P., Kinldmann, P., Jersáková, J., Biologické principy ochrany přírody, Portál, Praha, 2001 (EN)
Moldan, B., A decade os suistanable development, UK, Prague, 2004 (EN)

26 hours, optionally