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Environmental Protection and Recreation

Course code

TSR6008.LT

old course code

TSR6008

Course title in Estonian

Keskkonnakaitse ja rekreatsioon

Course title in English

Environmental Protection and Recreation

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To provide an overview of more important environmental processes, Estonian and global environmental problems, their influence and prevention. Different Estonian natural resources, their usage and protection are discussed.

Brief description of the course

Ecology, environmental protection, notions of nature protection and their relationship. History of nature protection and environmental protection. Global environmental problems, Estonian environmental problems. International cooperation in environmental protection. Physical and chemical environmental factors and their importance in the environment. Population ecology. Main economic branches influencing the environment in Estonia. Estonian natural resources (geology, rivers, lakes, sea, flora, fauna), their usage, principles and legislation related to them. Different types of protected areas and protected territories in Estonia.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has knowledge about principles in ecology and environmental protection;
- has knowledge about natural resources and main environmental problems in Estonia;
- has knowlege about opportunities of managing recreation in Estonian nature;
- has skills to analyze the causes and results of environmental problems;
- has skills to follow environmental protection actions in recreational activities;
- has skills to plan recreational usage of natural resources.

Teacher

lekt Mart Reimann

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