Rhedir gan School of Natural Sciences

10.000 Credyd neu 5.000 Credyd ECTS

Semester 1

Trefnydd: Miss Meryl Furlong

To provide students with a detailed knowledge of a current issue in the area of climate change, forests and livelihoods to be determined by the module organiser. The issue will be a topic currently at the forefront of debate, both in the popular media and scientific literature (e.g. carbon sequestration by forests). To allow students to develop their abilities in using online distance learning methods.

This module is comprised of 2 introductory sub-modules (3 e-lessons each), 7 core content sub-modules (3-6 e-lessons each), plus one (optional) supplementary sub-module. 1. Introduction (un-assessed) - Starting up 2. Introduction (un-assessed) - Are you climate friendly? 3. The climate issues: IPCC forecasts; community-based resilience; strategies to react. 4. Best practices: Project activities; Additionality; Permanence; Leakage; Co-benefits. 5. Policy-Institutional initiatives: UNFCC; CDM JI; Post-Kyoto; REDD+. 6. Policy-Voluntary initiatives What and why; Who is who; Fields of activities; Prices & trends; Carbon washing. 7. Carbon standards: Why and what; Types of standards; Who does what; Registries; Case studies. 8. Project building-1: Actiors’ map; Project phases; Validation and certification; Fundraising; monitoring; Discounting and credit marketing. 9. Project building-2: Testing Additionality; Baseline calculations; Estimating permanence; Estimating leakage. 10. Supplementary (un-assessed) - Ready to be a CO2 hero?: Synergies with forest management standards; benefit sharing mechanisms; local and indigenous community participation.

trothwy

Successful completion of 3 – 4 sub-modules. Examination mark 40-50%

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Successful completion of 5 - 6 sub-modules. Examination mark 50-80%

ardderchog

Successful completion of all 7 sub-modules. Examination mark >80%

1. Evaluate critically the arguments associated with a specific forestry issue.

2. Demonstrate an understanding of how this issue is perceived by the scientists, policy makers, other stakeholders and the general public

3. Study and critique a range of scientific literature and explain and illustrate specific aspects of the chosen topic

4. Use online distance learning technologies to direct and assess students’ own specific learning activities

5. Communicate effectively and succinctly, and in a timely fashion, through e-communication channels.

Math	Enw	Disgrifiad	Pwysau
	report		100.00

		Oriau
Private study	Independent and guided self-study	62
Lecture	38 online E-lessons	38

• Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
• Defnyddio cyfrifiaduron - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio ystod o feddalwedd cyfrifiadurol
• Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
• Archwilio - Gallu ymchwilio ac ystyried dewisiadau eraill
• Adalw gwybodaeth - Gallu mynd at wahanol ac amrywiol ffynonellau gwybodaeth
• Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
• Cyflwyniad - Gallu cyflwyno gwybodaeth ac esboniadau yn glir i gynulleidfa. Trwy gyfryngau ysgrifenedig neu ar lafar yn glir a hyderus.
• Dadl - Gallu cyflwyno, trafod a chyfiawnhau barn neu lwybr gweithredu, naill ai gydag unigolyn neu mewn grwˆp ehangach

• Recognize and apply appropriate theories and concepts from a range of disciplines.
• Consider issues from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives.
• Apply subject knowledge to the understanding and addressing of problems.
• Engagement with current developments in the biosciences and their application.
• Appreciation of the complexity and diversity of life processes through the study of organisms.
• Understand the provisional nature of information and appreciate competing and alternative explanations.
• Recognize the moral, ethical and social issues relating to the subject.

Gorfodol mewn cyrsiau:

• D5AB: MSc Sustainable Forest and Nature Management year 1 (MSC/SFNM)