Objective

To strengthen the capacity of students to contribute to environmental resource management and policy issues.  

Content 

The course will expose students to the benefits provided by the environment through ecosystem services and the plethora of environmental problems such as deforestation, poaching of wildlife and environmental pollution which threaten environmental sustainability and provide a legal basis for management and policy. National, regional and global conventions, agreements, protocols and laws policy instruments and best practices guiding the sustainable development and management of environmental resources such as the National Environmental policy, Ramsar convention on wetlands, the Kyoto protocol, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, The Basel, Stockholm and Bamako conventions, SDG’s and Sendai frameworks would also be explored. 

Mode of Delivery

The course will be delivered through lectures, seminars, assigned readings, individual and group presentations.