BOTN 612 Environmental studies

Landmarks in the study of the Environment:  Stockholm Conference;  World Conservation Strategy;  Our Common Future  (Brundtland report);  Planet Earth in Jeopardy;  Caring for the Earth;  Agenda 21;  Ascend 21;  The Biodiversity Convention;  The Climate Change Convention; CITES, RAMSAR. Biodiversity  theory. Other initiatives; Forest, CSD, Desertification.  Ghana’s Environmental Action Plan;  reviews of the implementation of Ghana’s Environmental Action Programme.  Ghana’s inventory of Biodiversity (including Genetic Resources). Greenhouse effect; Climate change. Likely impacts of climate change especially on agriculture and on health. Biogeochemical cycles Environmental (and health) Impact Assessment.  Environmental management for vector control; the Volta Dam and the Weija Dam. Environmental education. Environmental law. Environmental policy Institutions in Ghana and international institutions concerned with environmental protection and conservation. Conservation; conservation of endangered species. Species survival. Genetic conservation. Global problem: Pollution and exptoxicology; Nuclear (radionuclides) pollution.  Global problem:  Release of genetically engineered organisms in the environment. Natural disasters; disaster preparedness.   Interdisciplinary approaches to the definition and solution of environmental problems. Integrated River Basin Management; Densu Basin; Volta Basin; Senegal Basin; Zambezi Basin;  Mekong Basion. Integrated Coastal Zone Management. COMA model for West Africa. Ecosystem restoration or rehabilitation. Agroecology.  Principles of environmental economics.