1. Learning the basics of the ecosystem approach
2. Introduction to climate change, general notions of mitigation and adaptation strategies and accounting of greenhouse gases
3. Notions Introduction Environmental management and sustainable development and developing strategies at European, national and regional level.
4. Familiarity with concepts, legal framework, procedures and experiences related to Environmental Impact Assessment;
1- Ecosystem Approach
Documents of International Environment
Operationalization
2- Climate Change
Framework and Evolution
The IPCC
Mitigation and Adaptation
Accounting for GHG
3- Environmental Management and Sustainable Development
Introduction
-Historical evolution of environmental degradation and worldwide major environmental problems.
-The environment in Europe, Portugal and the Azores
Definitions and Strategies
-International and European Context
-Context Portuguese
-PReDSA
4- Environmental Management Instruments
Environmental Management Systems ;
Environmental Performance Evaluation and Audits , Improving Environmental Performance , Environmental
Surveys and Sustainability Reports
Life Cycle Analysis
Eco label
Other Instruments
Cleaner technologies and Eco-Efficient
Directive IPCC
Environmental Impact Assessment
5- Environmental Impact Assessment
Background and Evolution of EIA
Legal framework for EIA
Practical exercise
The methodologies used are based on expository methods of theoretical content; Reading, critical analysis and oriented discussion.. Presentation of practical examples. Cases of success and failure. Practical exercise of calculating Ecological Footprint. Exercise phase of "SCOPE" of an EIA. The teaching method is mostly classroom, but can co-exist moments of e-learning platform by using moodle to guide discussion of some specific content.
Partidário, M. R., Guia de Boas Praticas para a Avaliação Ambiental Estratégica, ed. Ag. Portuguesa do Ambiente, Amadora, 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.
Pinto, A. (2005). Sistemas de Gestão Ambiental: Guia para a sua implementação. Lisboa: Edições Silabo.
Instituto para a Qualidade na Formação, I.P. (2006). O sector do ambiente em Portugal. Coleção de Estudos Sectoriais, nº 30. Lisboa: Instituto para a Qualidade na Formação, I.P.
Mendes, B. & Oliveira, J.F. Santos (2004). Qualidade da Água para consumo Humano. Lousã: LIDEL Edições Técnicas, Lda.
Oliveira, J.F. Santos (2005). Gestão Ambiental. Lousã: LIDEL Edições Técnicas, Lda.
Canter, L. (1998). Manual de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental: técnicas para la elaboración de los estudios de impacto. Ed. Mc Graw-Hill/Interamericana, Madrid
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