Subject Ante and Title: FBL 204 Ecological Impact Assessment and Environmental Planning
Subject Status: Elective
Credit Rating: 10 Credits
Time Distribution: Lectures 40 hrs
Seminars/Tutorials 20 hrs
Assignments 10 hrs
Independent Study 20 hrs
Practical 10 hrs
Prerequisite: FBL 101, FBL 102, FBL 103
Learning Outcomes:
After completing the course successfully, students will be able to:
Contents: Definition of ecological impact assessment. Rationale for assessing ecological impact. Integrated impact assessment. Phases of ecological impact assessment. Planning approaches and ecological constraints. Environmental decision making. Quantitative and economic approaches in ecological impact assessment. Predicting impacts on the physical environment and the biota. Ecological impact statements.
Practicals: Designing and undertaking ecological impact assessment in selected areas/ecosystems of interest.
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