4. Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Management

4.1. Compulsory Modules

MNB 1 Conservation Biology

• 300342 VO Nature Conservation - Strategies, Programmes, and Demonstration-cases
• 300367 VO Conservation Biology

MNB 2 Conservation: Cultural, Social, Economic Perspectives

• 300205 VO Cultural foundations of conservation
• 300295 VO Economic aspects of nature conservation

MNB 3 Conservation Laws and Conventions

• 300670 VO Legal basics and implementation in nature conservation - with an emphasis on EU Nature Directives

MNB 4 Conservation Training

• 300174 UE Conservation training

MNB 5 Ecological Restoration

• 300363 VO Restoration Ecology and its Application in Nature Conservation

MNB 6 Special Knowledge of Protected Species, Habitats and Landscapes: Species (Diversity, Ecology, Conservation Needs)

MNB 7 Special Knowledge of Protected Species, Habitats and Landscapes: Communities, Habitats and Landscapes

• 300252 UE Course in vegetation ecology - Analyse und Interpretation von Vegetationsaufnahmen
• 300280 VO Introduction to moor ecology
• 300297 VO Habitats and Biotic Communities of Central Europe

4.2. Block of Elective Modules: Conservation Biology and Biodiversity

MNB W-1 Management of Protected sites

• 300474 VO Management of protected sites - National Parks in Austria- Conservation goals, Management and Perspectives

MNB W-2 Conservation Policy

MNB W-3 Ex-situ Conservation

• 300051 SE Botanical ex-situ collections and species protection

MNB W-4 Spatial Analysis and Presentation Techniques

• 300138 UE Spatial analytic methods in Conservation Biology - Introduction to GIS: Exercises
• 300139 VO Spatial analytic methods in Conservation Biology - Introduction to GIS

MNB W-5 Conservation Related Methodologies of Social, Cultural and Economic Sciences

• 300292 VO Environmental Mediation and Concepts of Participation

MNB W-6 Bioindication