Subject Ante and Title: FBL 203 Wildlife Management and Beekeeping
Subject status: Core
Credits rating: 7.5
Time distribution:
Lectures: 30 hours
Tutorials: 10 hours
Practical: 5 hours
Assignments: 10 hours
Independent study: 20 hours
Prerequisite: None
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to;
Contents: Introduction to basic concepts of wildlife conservation. Classification of wildlife. Wildlife population ecology. Social organization and behaviour of wild animals. Estimation and analysis of wildlife populations. Wildlife habitat: requirements of African wild animals; habitant improvements. Wildlife-vegetation interactions. Management and utilization of wildlife. Wildlife policy, laws and law enforcement in Tanzania. Wildlife conservation education. The honeybee: biology and distribution; the honeybee as a natural resource, beekeeping practices in East Africa.
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