Об этом курсе: Focusing on the Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) of the world, this course will introduce the concept and practice of ecosystem-based management. LMEs occupy areas of coastal ocean at least 200 000 km² or greater in size. These coastal waters produce 12.6 trillion USD in ecosystem goods and services annually and are vitally important for billions of people around the globe. Because LMEs are bounded by ocean features and are globally linked, management of human activities needs to occur in an integrated fashion across political boundaries and economic sectors (e.g. fishing, shipping, energy, tourism, and mining.) This represents a new type of management approached - shifting from single sector-based to multi-sector assessment and management within the spatial domain of the world's 66 Large Marine Ecosystems. There is global high-level support for this new approach and in this course, we will introduce the concepts and tools for assessing and managing LMEs. Together, leaders and experts in a global movement to recover and sustain the goods and services of LMEs will introduce you to the mechanisms used for assessment (Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis), planning and implementation (Strategic Action Programme). Based on recent activities in implementation and practice of the LME approach in 22 projects around the globe, we will showcase examples of effective management at this scale, and highlight the challenges and issues. By the end of the online course, we hope you will be able to actively use this knowledge to advance sustainable development of the world’s oceans. The course was created with the support and input of: the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), UNESCO-IOC and IW:LEARN.
Для кого этот курс: The primary audience will be working professionals involved in management of Large Marine Ecosystems in Africa and the rest of the world. Others who would find this course useful are people involved in policy making, environmental regulation and management. Lastly, this course should be taken by anyone wishing to broaden their disciplinary scope in the field of ecosystem-based management.
Автор: University of Cape Town
Преподаватели: Coleen Moloney, Associate Professor
Marine Research Institute
| Уровень | Учащийся среднего уровня |
| Выполнение | This course has been designed to be taken over six weeks, involving 3-4 hours per week. |
| Язык | English |
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Программа курса
НЕДЕЛЯ 1
What is the Large Marine Ecosystem Approach?
Introducing the Large Marine Ecosystem approach, ecosystem based management principles, and the five modules. There are three topics covered in this first week - ecosystem-based management, the concept of Large Marine Ecosystems, and the 5-module approach to assessment and management. As well as my lectures, there are also summaries of some key readings and links to other resources. We've included practice quizzes to help you recap and test your understanding of the key concepts as we move through the lessons. There is one graded quiz at the end of the week, which carries marks - but you may take the quiz more than once. At the end of this week, and all the other weeks, Dr Kenneth Sherman will share his insights about the topics we have covered.
8 видео, 8 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 3 тренировочных теста
- Leyendo: Meet the course team
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Tell us about yourself and your role
- Видео: Welcome to the course
- Leyendo: How this course works
- Leyendo: A global collaboration
- Leyendo: What to expect in Week 1
- Видео: What is marine ecosystem-based management?
- Leyendo: Readings and Key Points
- Cuestionario de práctica: Ecosystem based management
- Видео: What are LMEs?
- Complemento no calificado: The LME Approach
- Complemento no calificado: Turning the Tide: Sustaining Earth's Large Marine Ecosystems
- Leyendo: Readings and Key Points
- Cuestionario de práctica: Large Marine Ecosystems
- Видео: Introducing the five module approach
- Видео: A brief introduction to the tools (TDA & SAP)
- Leyendo: Readings and Key Points
- Cuestionario de práctica: Five Module approach
- Видео: Dr Sherman's perspective on week 1
- Leyendo: Week 1 additional resources
- Видео: Week 1 wrap-up
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Exploring LMEs
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Copy of Exploring LMEs
Оцениваемый: Week 1 Graded Quiz
НЕДЕЛЯ 2
The Three Natural Science Modules
In this week, we deal with the three natural science modules within the five module approach.
7 видео, 8 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 3 тренировочных теста
- Leyendo: What to expect in week 2
- Видео: The productivity module
- Leyendo: Introducing the videos of the Plankton Chronicles Project
- Complemento no calificado: Plankton Chronicles: Diatoms
- Complemento no calificado: The Plankton Chronicles - Plankton of the Riviera
- Leyendo: Readings and Key Points
- Cuestionario de práctica: Productivity quiz
- Видео: The fish and fisheries module
- Leyendo: Resources on fisheries
- Leyendo: Readings and Key Points
- Cuestionario de práctica: Fish and Fisheries quiz
- Видео: Pollution and ecosystem health
- Видео: Plastic pollution
- Leyendo: Resources on pollution
- Leyendo: Readings and Key Points
- Cuestionario de práctica: Pollution and Ecosystem Health quiz
- Видео: Dr Sherman's perspectives
- Leyendo: Resources and readings
- Видео: Week 2 wrap up
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Fish and Fisheries debates
Оцениваемый: Week 2 - LME Natural Science Modules
НЕДЕЛЯ 3
The Two Human Dimension Modules
We move onto the two human dimensions of the five module approach.
5 видео, 5 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тренировочных теста
- Leyendo: What to expect in week 3
- Видео: Socioeconomics module
- Complemento no calificado: Economic valuation in a Large Marine Ecosystem
- Leyendo: Readings and Key Points
- Cuestionario de práctica: Socioeconomics module quiz
- Видео: Governance module
- Leyendo: Readings and Key Points
- Cuestionario de práctica: Governance module quiz
- Видео: Dr Sherman's Perspectives
- Leyendo: Resources and readings
- Видео: Week three wrap up
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Ecosystem valuation debates
- Leyendo: Additional readings on the Five Modules
Оцениваемый: Week 3 Graded Quiz
Оцениваемый: Week 3 Honors Quiz
НЕДЕЛЯ 4
Tools and Actions: the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis and the Strategic Action Programme
This is the heart of the course - delving into the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and Strategic Action Programme (SAP).
6 видео, 4 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тренировочных теста
- Leyendo: What to expect in week 4
- Видео: Transboundary diagnostic analsysis
- Видео: Strategic Action Programme
- Complemento no calificado: Applying the TDA-SAP process
- Complemento no calificado: Bay of Bengal LME - the TDA-SAP approach
- Complemento no calificado: Black Sea LME - the TDA-SAP approach
- Leyendo: Reading and Key Points
- Cuestionario de práctica: TDA-SAP approach quiz
- Видео: Other tools
- Leyendo: Readings and Key Points
- Cuestionario de práctica: Tools quiz
- Видео: Dr Sherman's perspectives
- Leyendo: Resources and readings
- Видео: Week 4 wrap up
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Sustainable Development Goals
Оцениваемый: Week 4 - LME Human Dimension Modules and TDA
НЕДЕЛЯ 5
Implementing transboundary marine Ecosystem-based management (EBM)
Moving into the application of the approaches and the tools we have been discussing - with a description of how LME projects are implemented.
6 видео, 4 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тренировочных теста
- Leyendo: What to expect in week 5
- Видео: The Global Environment Facility
- Complemento no calificado: More about GEF
- Видео: The LME network of partners
- Leyendo: Readings and Key Points
- Cuestionario de práctica: GEF and the LME Network of Partners quiz
- Видео: The GEF project process
- Leyendo: Readings and Key Points
- Cuestionario de práctica: GEF project process quiz
- Видео: Dr Sherman's perspectives
- Leyendo: Resources and readings
- Видео: Week five wrap up
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Partnerships for LME projects
Оцениваемый: Week 5 Graded Quiz
Оцениваемый: Week 5 - Significant activities reported on in LME projects
НЕДЕЛЯ 6
Taking it home: Examples of best practice
We have included a number of case studies of LMEs, inviting marine ecosystem managers and scientists from across our network to describe their work in implementing EBM.
9 видео, 10 материала для самостоятельного изучения
- Leyendo: What to expect in week 6
- Видео: Benguela Current LME
- Leyendo: Benguela Current LME - reading and resources
- Видео: The Yellow Sea LME Project
- Видео: The Yellow Sea LME - Implementing the SAP
- Видео: The Yellow Sea LME - Governance
- Leyendo: The Yellow Sea LME - reading and resources
- Видео: The Guinea Current LME Project
- Видео: The Guinea Current LME Commission
- Leyendo: The Guinea Current LME Project readings
- Leyendo: The Canary Current LME
- Complemento no calificado: Case study: Canary Current LME
- Leyendo: The Gulf of Mexico LME
- Complemento no calificado: Case study: Gulf of Mexico LME
- Leyendo: Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems (CLME+) Project
- Complemento no calificado: Case study: Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf LME (CLME+) Project - audio
- Leyendo: The Bay of Bengal LME
- Leyendo: The Humboldt Current LME
- Видео: Dr Sherman's Perspectives
- Видео: Talking to Dr Sherman about LMEs making a difference
- Complemento no calificado: Building partnerships
- Leyendo: Resources and readings
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: LME projects
Оцениваемый: Week 6 - Contrasting SAPs for two LMEs
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Авторы
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town is the oldest university in South Africa and is one of the leading research universities on the African continent. UCT has over 25 000 students, of whom 30% are postgraduate students. We offer degrees in six faculties: Commerce, Engineering & the Built Environment, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law, and Science. We pride ourself on our diverse student body, which reflects the many cultures and backgrounds of the region. We welcome international students and are currently home to thousands of international students from over 100 countries. UCT has a tradition of academic excellence that is respected world-wide and is privileged to have more than 30 A-rated researchers on our staff, all of whom are recognised as world leaders in their field. Our aim is to ensure that our research contributes to the public good through sharing knowledge for the benefit of society. Past students include five Nobel Laureates – Max Theiler, Alan Cormack, Sir Aaron Klug, Ralph Bunche and, most recently, J M Coetzee.
Рейтинги и отзывы
This course is amazing and so needed nowadays. Fully recommended!
Very recommendable course, with high quality teaching classes and a wide knowledge offer from ecosystem characteristics to effective marine management. Very easy to follow, starting from the basics in the first weeks and going deeper and more difficult in the study while advancing in time. Tasks and activities very challenging and interesting, the best ones those qualified by the other students of the course. A really good learning experience!
I have enjoyed the course very much. It is well structures and offer a good overview of the various steps towards EBM of LMEs. It is also a great source of information and references about current TDA-SAP efforts in various LMEs. The graded activities are interesting and provide the opportunity to work more specifically on one or 2 examples of TDA-SAP. The grading process it self is a bit difficult as each question is sort of a good or bad options only , there is no room to provide a more refined assessment such as yes main elements were provided but failed to fully answer the question and deserve a 3/4 grade but choice is only 0/4 or 4/4. The feedback we get from the graded activities is therefore limited.
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LV
This programme is quite impressive. As a student, I often finished my work during last minutes. But the way it i structured and created, I find my self learning many concepts and enjoying it too. It is a well developed and amazing way of learning and teaching. I hope that some else tries it, as my first online course, it definitely won't be my last. Thank you to all the members of the LME.