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GG4092: LAND AND MARINE CONSERVATION (2025-2026)

Last modified: 15 Oct 2025 11:46


Course Overview

This interdisciplinary course explores how natural and cultural resources are managed and conserved across land and marine environments. Drawing on scientific, legal, economic, and ethical perspectives, the course examines key issues such as biodiversity loss, protected area management, environmental justice, and stakeholder conflicts about wildlife and landscape conservation. Potential examples include large carnivore conservation, Antarctica, the deep sea, fisheries and protected areas.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Flurina Wartmann

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Geography (GG)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme
  • Programme Level 4

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course explores:

  • The what of conservation – An understanding of the theoretical and conceptual dimensions underpinning notions of sustainable resource use such as environmental justice, social cost and the preservation of bio- and geo-diversity.
  • The why (or the why not) of conservation – An understanding and appreciation of historic and contemporary development pressures, such as urban sprawl, commercial fishing and energy and mineral exploitation, upon the natural and cultural environment and the implications for their conservation and management.
  • The how of conservation – An understanding of the various approaches and strategies, in particular those of the market against those of the state, that can be brought to bear to resolve disputes and conflicts over the appropriate use of land and marine resources.
  • The who of conservation – An understanding of the various actors and institutions, such as landowners, environmental pressure groups, state agencies, and politicians, involved in the resolution of disputes over the use of resources.
  • The where of conservation – An understanding of the significance of geographical space with respect to such matters as the different views of, and approaches to, conservation.
  • The efficacy of conservation – A critical appreciation of the impact on land and marine environments of competing approaches to conservation.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2025 for 1st Term courses and 19 December 2025 for 2nd Term courses.

Summative Assessments

Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
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1-hour in-person written exam that consists of a mix of multiple-choice questions and short written answers (worth 60% of the overall grade).
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualApplyAnalyse historic and contemporary development pressures upon the natural and cultural environment and the implications for their conservation and management.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand of the theoretical and conceptual dimensions underpinning notions of sustainable resource use such as environmental justice, social cost and the preservation of the bio- and geodiversity.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the significance of geographical space with respect to such matters as the different views of, and approaches to, conservation.
ProceduralEvaluateCritically evaluate the various market and state approaches and strategies used to resolve conflicts over use of land and marine resources.
ProceduralEvaluateCritically evaluate the impact on land and marine environments of competing approaches to conservation.

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
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1,500-word essay worth 40% of the overall grade.

 Word Count 1500
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualApplyAnalyse historic and contemporary development pressures upon the natural and cultural environment and the implications for their conservation and management.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand of the theoretical and conceptual dimensions underpinning notions of sustainable resource use such as environmental justice, social cost and the preservation of the bio- and geodiversity.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the significance of geographical space with respect to such matters as the different views of, and approaches to, conservation.
ProceduralEvaluateCritically evaluate the various market and state approaches and strategies used to resolve conflicts over use of land and marine resources.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Resubmission of failed element(s)

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Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralEvaluateCritically evaluate the impact on land and marine environments of competing approaches to conservation.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand of the theoretical and conceptual dimensions underpinning notions of sustainable resource use such as environmental justice, social cost and the preservation of the bio- and geodiversity.
ConceptualApplyAnalyse historic and contemporary development pressures upon the natural and cultural environment and the implications for their conservation and management.
ProceduralEvaluateCritically evaluate the various market and state approaches and strategies used to resolve conflicts over use of land and marine resources.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the significance of geographical space with respect to such matters as the different views of, and approaches to, conservation.
 

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