Short Courses

• An overview of urban forestry globally and locally

• Understanding of the ecological, social and economic benefits of urban forestry to sustainable towns and cities

• Some of the methods for assessing urban forestry

• Participants will go on a field trip to collect data

• Set the foundation for an establishment of a network of practitioners who can support one another in their work on urban forestry and greening.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): 13 May - 17 May 2013

The course will introduce you to the field of environmental management by focusing on the procedures for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Integrated Environmental Management (IEM).  Emphasis is therefore placed on the study of human impacts on the environment, and how to evaluate the importance of these impacts and regulate their effects, using EIA as the management tool.

Tools for Wetland Assessment (TWA): 9 Sep -  13 Sep 2013

Learn to undertake and apply:

• Wetland delineation

• Assessment of wetland ecosystem services

• Assessment of wetland health

• Guidelines for developments and wetlands

Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM): 12 - 16 Aug 2013

The course will aim to support participants in:

• Understanding the key features of CBNRM

• Understand the role of social learning in CBNRM

• Recognising the challenges inherent in CBNRM practice, and the wide range of capacities needed to address these challenges

• Identify the particular understandings and skills necessary for more effective CBNRM implementation

• Understanding appropriate approaches to developing these understandings and skills

• Using these approaches within the contexts of active CBNRM processes

• Use case studies to analyse capacity needs for effective implementation of CBNRM

Land Degradation: 22 July - 26 July 2013

• An overview of land degradation globally and locally

• Methods for assessing land degradation

• Case studies on land degradation

• An overview of rehabilitation of degraded land.

• Participants will go on a field trip to collect data.

• The course will be offered by experts with over 150 years of

• Collective experience working on land degradation.

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For further information about any of these short courses, please contact:

Mrs Zelda Kirstein, email: z.kirstein@ru.ac.za

 Tel: +27-046-603-7002