Course Overview

The course is designed for developing students’ ability to analyse problems associated with the use/misuse of our natural resources and current management practices associated with the conservation of natural resources through using different economic, social & cultural theories which are related to natural resources management.

Course Objectives

Through this course, students will develop a critical appreciation of how economics, social factors, politics, and power shape natural resource management practices we propose and advocate, and how contextual factors affect the functioning of policy instruments and management practices. By analyzing theories and practices of natural resource management, students will be able to identify key challenges and concerns in applying natural resource management policy instruments in different contexts.  

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

After completing this course the students will be able to:

·       Demonstrate basic concepts of natural resources and examine its importance in development discourse;

·       Understand different theories of natural resource management;

·       Identify role of the institutions and the actors in natural resource management;

·       Demonstrate community based natural resources management;

·       Analyse and manage conflicts in natural resource management;

·       Analyse the interactions between development and biodiversity conservation;

·       Develop integrated coastal zone management policies, strategies, plan and programmes in Bangladesh;

·       Understand ecosystem services and ecosystem based adaptation and develop ecosystem based adaptation plan for the urban/rural settlements in Bangladesh.