Protected Area Planning and Management Systems
PostgraduateTAS-KGA5172023
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Protected Area Planning and Management Systems
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Discuss the context and diverse forms of governance for protected areas.
- Analyse systems and methods for addressing complexity in protected area governance and management.
- Evaluate processes for planning and assessing developments and recreation opportunities within protected areas.
- Reflect on supporting processes for effective protected area governance and management.
- Theme 1. Purpose, definition, and types of protected areas.
- Theme 2. Australian protected area systems.
- Theme 3. Addressing complexity
- Theme 4 Governing protected areas
- Theme 5 Community engagement
- Theme 6 Recreation Opportunity Spectrum
This subject provides students with a practical understanding of key systems for protected area planning and management. Terrestrial, freshwater and marine protected areas are considered. The global context of protected areas is analysed, including issues of definition, scope and governance. As governance processes provide the institutional structures within which planning and management occurs, particular attention is given to public, private, community and collaborative arrangements. Systems and associated methods for addressing complexity, sustainable finance, management effectiveness, community engagement and landscape/seascape scale management are then considered. These topics are explored by drawing on the experiences of practitioners, case study examples and fieldwork.
- Designing management interventions to leverage conservation outcomes (40%)
- Field trip case study analysis and personal reflections (20%)
- Critical essay on supporting processes for meeting protected area objectives (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- TAS-SCM-GDI-2023 - Graduate Diploma of Strategic Communication
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Pattern: Workshop: 2 hours weekly Fieldwork: 3 days of internet-based resources and virtual field trip.
Study load
- 0.25 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 20 to 24 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Diploma of Strategic Communication
PostgraduateTAS-SCM-GDI