CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ENDANGERED SPECIES

ELECTIVE SUBJECT

Značaj odabranih sustava za očuvanja života  Utjecaji čovjeka kroz animalnu proizvodnju.

IUCN – Caring for the Earth, World conservation strategy, Importance of selected environments, Influences of man through animal production. Croatian situation – causes of big diversity of species and landscapes. Terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. State and pesrpectives for Croatian rare species – large carnivores as examples. Presentations and discussions of state and management of brown bear, wolf, and lynx in Croatia. Worldwide situation. International conventions, public interest, economic value, and the role of course teachers in large carnivore research and management. Social aaaspects of rare species conservation. Methods of «human dimension surveys» and application of data to species management. International actions and role of Croatia on world wide level. Examples of reintroductions of bears and lynxes in Europe, and wolves in America. Bear management plan for Croatia. Wolf management plan for Croatia. Lynx management plan for Croatia. Features and implementation.

GENERAL & SPECIFIC COMPETENCE (KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS)

The aim is to give students the ecological and sociological perspective of conservation of rare and endangered species. The course is a specific extension of the course «Zoology», and specifically of the section «basic ecology». Rare and endangered species do deserve special attention. Legal protection is typically basic but not sufficient mean to secure the species survival. Analyzed are the mechanisms of complex management that include all human interest groups, with positive and negative attitude towards the species in concern. The examples of need for such complex management are species like bear, wolf, lynx, dolphins, monk seals, birds of prey including fish eating birds. International and Croatian models are discussed. Mutual understanding of all interest groups for the role of each species is to be stimulated. The role of veterinarians is exemplified.

TYPE OF CLASSES (LECTURE, SEMINARS, CONVERSATORIUM, EXERCISES)

Seminars 15 hours.

During the course students do participate discussing the real situations with rare species conservation. They prepare a seminar paper which is orally presented.

COMPULSORY LITERATURE:

Majić-Skrbinšek, A.  (ur.) 2005. Plan upravljanja risom u Hrvatskoj. Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, Zahreb

Štrbenac, A. (ur.) 2005. Plan upravljanja vukom u Hrvatskoj. Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, Zahreb

Iviček, B. (ur.) 2005.  Plan gospodarenja smeđim medvjedom u Hrvatskoj. Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodnog gospodarsta,  Zahreb

Goran Gužvica, Lidija Šver: OSNOVE EVOLUCIJE ŽIVIH BIĆA, Veterinarski fakultet, 2000.

Huber, Đ. (2004): Smeđi medvjed. U: Lovstvo (Z. Mustapić, ur.), Hrvatski lovački savez, Zagreb, pp. 92-97.

Huber, Đ. (2004): Biološki temelju uzgoja i zaštite divljači. U: Lovstvo (Z. Mustapić, ur.), Hrvatski lovački savez, Zagreb, pp. 230-235.

Huber, Đ. (2004): Osnovne mjere gospodarenja s divljači. U: Lovstvo (Z. Mustapić, ur.), Hrvatski lovački savez, Zagreb, pp. 235-241.

Huber, Đ. (2004): Uzgoj smeđeg medvjeda. U: Lovstvo (Z. Mustapić, ur.), Hrvatski lovački savez, Zagreb, pp. 253-255.

Huber, Đ. (2004): Naseljavanje divljači. U: Lovstvo (Z. Mustapić, ur.), Hrvatski lovački savez, Zagreb, pp. 297-300.

Huber, Đ., J. Kusak (2004):Telemetrijska istraživanja medvjeda i vukova u Hrvatskoj. U: Lovstvo (Z. Mustapić, ur.), Hrvatski lovački savez, Zagreb, pp. 300-304.

RECOMMENDED LITERATURE:

John H. Postlethwait, Janet L. Hopson (1989): The nature of life. USA

Odum, E. (1988): Fundamentals of ecology,USA

Wildermuth, H. (1994): Priroda kao zadaća. Državna uprava za zaštitu prirodne i kulturne baštine, Zagreb.

Glavač, V. (2001): Uvod u globalnu ekologiju. Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada, Zagreb

 Pimac, R. B. (1995): A primer of conservation biology. Sinauer Associates Inc, Massachusetts, USA

CREDITS: (ECTS): 1

EXAMINATION:

Written seminar presented orally. Small oral exam.

QUALITY CONTROL:

Knowledge and understanding is regularly controlled during the course teaching in seminars and in laboratory. Students prepare and solve given tasks, and each unit is graded. Two interim exams (colloquium) are performed. One includes the cell biology, taxonomy and embryology and the other one ecology.