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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Elective |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Course period |
Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Min. participants |
35 |
| Max. participants |
50 |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc og MSc in Business, Language and Culture,
BSc
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| Course
coordinator |
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| Course administrator:
Tove Pedersen (tpe.stu@cbs.dk) |
| Main academic
disciplines |
- Business Law
- Business Ethics, value based management and CSR
- Globalization, International Business, markets and studies
- Innovation and entrepreneurship
- International Political Economy
- International Politics
- Political Science
- Political leadership, public management and international
politics
- Language and Intercultural Studies
- Economics, macro economics and managerial
economics
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Last updated on
11-04-2014
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| Learning objectives |
When we have completed this course, students will
be able to do the following:
- Describe the diversity of living organisms involved in the
provision of ecosystem services;
- Identify the challenges of measuring ecological functions
associated with biological populations and communities in real
world systems;
- Describe the relationship between ecosystem functions and
services, and illustrate the dependence of this relationship on its
political, social, and economic context;
- Summarize common methods of valuation and evaluate the
advantages and limitations of various approaches;
- Evaluate the application of ecosystem services on a global
scale as well as discuss how processes in law, policy, business and
academia need to be developed;
- Assess the performance of specific programs, policies and
institutions in the management of ecosystem services - specifically
in terms of efficiency (economic and ecological); equity (social,
environmental and political); and sustainability (financial,
political and environmental); and
- Identify the underlying assumptions and validity of
interdisciplinary approaches that incorporate the value of
ecosystem services into natural resource
management.
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| Examination |
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Ecosystem
Services - The Managed Environment:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. |
| Individual or group exam |
Group exam, max. 4 students in the
group |
| Size of written product |
Max. 15 pages |
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For students writing alone or in groups of 2-3
students - the number of standard pages to hand in is max. 5 pages
per student. |
| Assignment type |
Report |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
10 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
| Exam period |
December/January |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
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Description of the exam
procedure
A synopsis is to be prepared in groups of four students (max 15
pages)-. The synopsis is the basis for the oral exam and is
evaluated as a whole.
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| Course content and structure |
Societies around the globe face perplexing
questions about how to manage our natural systems in ways that best
support rapidly expanding human needs. For example:
- How do we minimize the ecological footprint of growing urban
areas?
- How do we quantify the ecosystem services provided by an intact
versus a degraded ecosystem?
- How do we spatially target rural and urban conservation areas
to sustain critical ecosystem services for rapidly urbanizing
regions?
- How do we assure access to the full set of nature’s benefits
for the next generations to come?
- How can expanding urban areas cope with the dual pressures of
climate change and water stress?
- How do we account for all ecological, social and economic
values of ecosystems?
- What types of incentives and regulation will secure public
acceptance of the measures necessary to protect critical ecosystem
services?
- What novel social institutions can effectively engage relevant
stakeholders in ecosystem service management?
These demanding questions require interdisciplinary approaches and
the engagement of community partners to mold solutions and to
adaptively manage new issues. The ecosystem services framework -
with ecological, social and economic dimensions - offers a holistic
conceptual model to understand the science and find effective
adaptive management for whole ecological systems. ‘Ecosystem
Services – The Managed Environment’ will expose students to the
strengths and weaknesses of managing the environment. With its
growing analysis of ecosystem processes as a function of ecological
systems, as well as the growing literature interpreting the
monetary value placed on ecosystem services, the development of
market-based schemes as a means of conservation has been quick to
develop (Daily and Matson, 2008; Jack et al., 2008). This course
introduces students to the ecological, economic and social/ethical
issues involved in the study of ecosystem services, with a major
focus on international management and economics components involved
in ecosystem services. Practitioners of this initiative will
require drawing on innovations in business, economics, law, and
governance. Accordingly, this course is intended for diverse
students and will focus on teamwork, learning from peers, and
integrating across disciplines to analyze real-world
cases. |
| Teaching methods |
| Teaching is a combination of lectures and case
based discussions. During the course, case discussion sessions will
take place during which students will be divided small groups so as
to present content and lead discussions. The students are required
and expected to prepare for the sessions as well as interact during
the discussions. |
| Further Information |
Changes in course schedule may occur.
Monday 11.40-13.30, week 36-41, 43-47. |
| Expected literature |
Bayon, R. (2004). Making Environmental Markets
Work: Lessons from Early Experience with Sulfur, Carbon, Wetlands,
and Other Related Markets. Washington, DC, Forest Trends: 27.
http://www.earthscape.org/p1/ES16905/Environmental_Markets.pdf
Boyd, D. R. (2003). Unnatural Law: Rethinking Canadian
Environmental Law and Policy. Vancouver, BC, UBC Press.
www.unnaturallaw.com
Boyd, J. and L. Wainger (2002). "Landscape indicators of
ecosystem service benefits." American Journal of Agricultural
Economics 84(5): 1371-1378.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8276.00404
Camino, R. d., O. Segura, L. G. Arias and I. Pérez (2000). Costa
Rica: Forest Strategy and the Evolution of Land Use. Washington,
DC, The World Bank: 151.
http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/oed/oeddoclib.nsf/DocUNIDViewForJavaSearch/A25EFCF3220878D585256970007AC9EE
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005). Ecosystems and Human
Well-being: Synthesis. Washington, DC, Island Press.
http://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/Products.aspx |
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