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English title:
Sustainable management of natural resources
Course ID:
Dominante3
ECTS credits:
30,0
Title in native language:
Gestion durable des ressources naturelles
Term Semester:
Autumn/Winter
Instruction language(s):
French
Course content:

The academic semester track is divided into 4 teaching units. Focus is given on: 1-TU1: Natural resources: societies, politics and the economy omponent 1: Farmers and agriculture in the territories: cultural, sociological, economic and institutional developments; Component 2: Agricultural and environmental policies -TU2: Ressources (water, soil, climate and vegetation, biodiversity)-TU3 and 4 :Agriculture, resources and territories
Keywords: Territorial economics, agricultural policy, environmental law, environmental policy, economic evaluation, action systems, agricultural exploitation, territory diagnosis, human-nature relationship,Biodiversity, ecology, water, soil, climate, vegetation, ecosystem, landscape, global changes, scale changes,Management of agrosystems at the territorial level. Urban/peri-urban agriculture. Sustainable city. Renewable energy, territorial methanisation. Waste basin. Watershed management. Irrigation. Geomatics / GIS.
 

Expected previous knowledge:
basic in environmental science, ecology, sociology, economy
Learning outcomes:

Delivering knowledge to approach and understand: - Administrative organization, social and economic issues, political regulation mechanisms and the functioning of territorial governance -The nature and state of natural resources, their use by agricultural activity -The issues of conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity and natural resources Provide tools : -Dynamics of social and institutional organization, models of economic choice, public policy development, indicators for characterizing natural resources, measuring devices (soil, water), diversity indicators, models (water functioning, geochemistry, vegetation cover, etc.), data analysis, analysis of experimental results, geomatics and spatialization

Teaching and learning methods:

Cooperative learning
Discovery
Discussion
Lab practice
Field practice
Seminar
Problem solving

Exam method:

Final grade will consist of a continuous review and a final examination

Scheduled dates:

Start date: 07-09-2020
End date: 22-01-2021


Organisation: Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro

Country:
France
Acronym:
IA_MSA
ERASMUS+ code:
F PARIS484
Teaching period summer semester:
24. Jan 2022 - 19. Aug 2022
Teaching period winter semester:
01. Sep 2021 - 23. Jan 2022