1. Familiarization with the notions of Ecological Economics and Knowledge of the methods of economic valuation in the context of Environmental Management;
2. Acquisition of knowledge about environmental law: EU principles, the Portuguese constitution and legal instruments.
3. Assimilation major instruments Management of Protected / Classified areas
4. Developing the capacities for Strategic Planning - Stakeholders Participation.
I - Ecological Economics: Notions
1.1. Ecological Economics vs. Environmental Economics
1.2. Methods of Economic Valuation of Environmental Goods and Services
II - Basics of Environmental Law
2.1 - Community Principles
2.2 - The Portuguese Constitution
2.3. Legal Instruments
2.3.1. The Civil Code
2.3.2 . The penal code
2.3.3 . Law on the Environment
2.3.4. Other Instruments for Environmental Law
III - Protected / Classified areas Management Instruments
3.1. Protected Areas: Concepts and Definitions
3.2 Natura 2000 Network
3.3 - Ramsar Sites
3.4. IUCN Classification
3.5 - Planning Schemes ; Management Plans ; Action Plans
IV - Marine Areas
4.1. Framework and Evolution
4.2. Aichi Target and the CBD
4.3. The Management Instruments
V - Strategic Planning
5.1 Notions - General; objectives; Principles and Planning Process
5.2 SWOT – Analysis
VI - Monitoring
6.1. Bookmarks
6.2. Environmental Monitoring Plans
Lectures with media support, writing and reading exercises and group discussions. For the evaluation, the students must complete a group of four assignments (two individual and two in group) with oral presentation and discussion.
Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, Sistema de Indicadores de Desenvolvimento Sustentável – SIDS Portugal, ed. Ministério do Ambiente, do Ordenamento do Território e Desenvolvimento Regional, 2007.
Partidário, M. R., Pinho, P. Guia de Apoio ao Novo Regime de Avaliação de Impacte Ambiental, ed. Ministério do Ambiente e do Ordenamento do Território, Lisboa, 2000.
Buckingham-Hatfield, S., Evans, B. Environmental Planning and Sustainability, Ed. Wiley, USA, 1996.
Lei nº 11/87, de 7 de Abril, da Assembleia da República que define as bases da política de ambiente;
P. Antunes, R. Santos 1999. Integrated Environmental Management of the Oceans, Ecological Economics, 31, 2, 215- 226. (SCI Impact factor:1.179)
Day J., Dudley N., Hockings M., Holmes G., Laffoley D., Stolton S. & S. Wells, 2012. Guidelines for applying the IUCN
Protected Area Management Categories to Marine Protected Areas. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. 36pp.
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) http://www.cbd.int/
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