| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1, Semester 2 |
| Outcomes |
Students develop the ability to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of community participation in natural resource management in Australia; an understanding of the interaction between government and community in natural resource management; an understanding of the complexities of integrating environmental, sociocultural and economic perspectives in natural resource management at the local and regional scale; an understanding of how Indigenous Australians view 'country' and 'caring for country'; knowledge of some approaches to Indigenous participation in 'mainstream' natural resource management; and the ability to communicate comprehension of community natural resource management by developing quality arguments. |
| Content |
This unit explores how natural resource management works at the local and regional scale including the role of Indigenous natural resource management. It assesses the characteristics of successful community natural resource management and examines some of the limitations. It explores the concept of sustainable regional development and the complexity of integrating environmental perspectives with economic, social and cultural perspectives at a local scale. |
| Assessment |
This comprises a 1000-word assignment (15 per cent), a 2500-word essay (40 per cent), a portfolio of research tasks (35 per cent) and online discussions and tutorials (10 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Associate Professor Julia Fry |
| Location |
Albany |
| Mode |
online |
| Unit Rules |
Contact hours—flexible online delivery; 1 hr per month synchronous tutorial
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| Note |
This unit is only offered if there are sufficient student enrolments. |
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
- Assistance with study skills, including English language skills, is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students (see http://www.studentservices.uwa.edu.au/ss/learning). Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423.
- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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