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MS13UZEM - Sustainable land management and global trends

Course specification
Type of study Master academic studies
Study programme
Course title Sustainable land management and global trends
Acronym Status Semester Number of classes ECTS
MŠ13UZEM mandatory 1 3L + 2E 6.0
Lecturers
Lecturer
Lecturer/Associate (practicals)
Prerequisite Form of prerequisites
No. -
Learning objectives
This subject is inter-connected with subjects on Bachelor study program: Soil science, Forest soils and Land Degradation. During the course, students are introduced to global trends in land degradation, through synergies with climate change and biodiversity and international conventions and agreements relevant to land resources. Particular emphasis is put on condition of land resources of the region, and the most important land degradation drivers, where floods, droughts and wildfires are among the most important ones. Subject also elaborates land use systems, modern approaches and techniques for the sustainable land management in order to prevent land degradation.
Learning outcomes
The learning outcome is the knowledge needed to improve land management by introducing new approaches and technologies, which implementation will contribute to the prevention, conservation and sustainability of natural resources, where soils play an important role.
Content
Global trends and land degradation; International conventions and agreements; The UNCCD Convention; The UNFCCC Convention; UNCBD Convention; Synergy between international conventions and significance for land/soil; State of Land Resources of RS (BiH); The most important factors of land degradation in RS (BiH); Possibility of prevention of land degradation (floods, fires, drought); Approaches to Sustainable Land Management; Techniques in Sustainable Land Management; WOCAT; Land PKS; Land Degradation Neutrality.
Teaching Methods
Lectures, exercises, field work and consultations. Seminar work.
Literature
  1. Kapović Solomun, M., Barger, N., Keesstra, S., Cerda, A., Marković, M. 2018. Assessing land condition as a first step to achieving Land Degradation Neutrality: A case study of the Republic of Srpska, Environmental Science and Policy 90 (2018), 19-27. (Original title)
  2. Kapović Solomun, M. (2018): Program for achieving neutrality of land degradation in Republika Srpska, Banja Luka.
  3. Marković, M., Brujić, J. 2017. Overview of the natural resource management in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: Dragovic, N., Ristic, R., Pülzl, H., Wolfslehner, B. (Eds.), Natural Resource Management in Southeast Europe: Forest, Soil and Water. UNEP, 2017: Akcioni Program za borbu protiv degradacije zemljišta i ublažavanja posljedica suše u BiH, 2017 (Original title)
  4. UNDP, (2016): The third national and second biennial report in accordance with the UN Convention on Climate Change.
Evaluation and grading
Test 1. Test 2. Final exam.