There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

The module will cover the following topics: marine and freshwater protected area planning, legal and legislative frameworks for the designation of aquatic protected areas, assessing and managing water quantity and quality issues, aquatic-terrestrial linkages, landscape scale approaches and management at the catchment level, the DPSIR (Drivers-Pressures-State-Impacts-Responses) framework for analysis of environmental state and management, catchment management plans, coastal zone management, marine spatial planning, the ecosystem approach to aquatic resource management, including fisheries and sustainable use of aquatic protected areas. You will also gain skills in the use and application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in the context of managing aquatic protected areas.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Rationalise the use of appropriate legal and legislative frameworks for protecting aquatic ecosystems.

LO2: Critically evaluate the pressures on specific aquatic protected areas.

LO3: Critically appraise management options and strategies in relation to different pressures and threats.

LO4: Critically assess the options for sustainable use of aquatic protected areas in relation to fisheries, recreation and other uses.

LO5: Apply GIS techniques to collate and analyse data in relation to management of aquatic protected areas.