Environment Conservation in the Global South

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 6 credits from GENV 2001, 2101, 2221; or permission of the Department This course examines the challenges of integrating rural development and environmental conservation in the global south. Topics covered include: sustainable rural development, local vs. scientific knowledge, multi-national investment impacts on environmental conservation, tropical deforestation and reforestation, and community-based wildlife management. [Note 1: This course is cross-listed as GENV 3101 and may therefore count as 3 credits in either discipline.] (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: GEOG 3101; Any version of GENV 3101 previously offered with a different title)