61-050 Nature coservation and suistainable agriculture
second cycle Master degree study programme Management of Sustainable Development
Course Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Boris Kovač
Content
- Nature protection history
- Systematics by examples (natural values, biodiversity)
- Evaluation of nature's parts
- Conservation of nature
- Protected areas
- Slovenian organizations for nature conservation and their functions
- Nature / Environment and public opinion
- International organizations and conventions of nature protection and EU regulations
- Sustainable agriculture (definition, concept, goals)
- Farming systems
- Factors effecting ecological balance and sustainability of agricultural resources (soil: degradation, deforestation, accelerated soil erosion; water: salinization and alkalization
- Environmental pollution: greenhouse effect and potential effects on agriculture – depletion of ozone layer, methane emissions, fertilizers as a source of pollution and control measures, pesticides and herbicides as source of pollution and control measures
- Management of natural resources: land, water – irrigation problems
- Organic farming (definition, principles, relevance to modern agriculture and components of organic farming, weed management, pest management)
- Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity and Climate Change
- Biodiversity of agricultural plants (current situation, importance, genetic erosion, conservation strategies)
- Green revolution
- GMO
- Food security
- National and international agricultural policy