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Biotechnical faculty Program Serial No. 30 Department of landscape architecture Landscape architecture SUBJECT EXTENT hours Environmental conservation Lectures 45 Studio 15 2. EDUCATIONAL GOAL - to give knowledge on development and conservation problems of modern societies - to explain the origins of to-day environmental crisis - to inform students about the conservation problems within specific environmental components and problems connected to the specific degrading factors - developmental interventions CONTENT Definition of conservation activities. Historical overview and origins of environmental crisis. Biological evolution and cultural evolution. Industrial and technological revolution. Problems of global distribution of well-being and underdevelopment. The exponential growth of population, consumption and resource use. The problems of use of renewable and non-renewable resources. Three major conflicting relationships - the source of conservation requirements. Different possible interpretations of sustainable development: - anthropocentric approach, humans as a component of biotic community and care for future generations, biocentric approach to the environmental conservation. Environmental ethics. Environment as a subject of conservation efforts. Humans and natural environment. Environmental systems and their definitions in the conservation activities. Forms of conservation activities - environmental analyses, detection of degradation processes, improvement activities, technological possibilities, administrative and management tools, planning, norms and conservation standards, monitoring and enhancement activities. Environmental impacts as a referencing point of cons