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Learn how to manage land to enhance its sustainability, resilience, and overall health
Course Code: SGH7
Course Duration: 20 hours (minimum, self paced study, commonly 2 to 8 weeks, less or longer as you need)
In many cases, land degradation is brought about by inappropriate land use focussed on short term gains without much thought to the long-term consequences.
With an ever-growing world population, improved land management is vital to our future. About one quarter of the world's land is affected by degradation.
Land degradation lowers the capacity of the land to support life on a sustainable basis. When the productivity of the land is compromised, it has flow-on effects. The food supply is also compromised, as is the economic welfare of the country in question.
In many cases, land degradation is brought about by inappropriate land use but there is also natural land degradation such as erosion of newly formed lands from volcanic eruptions. Improving degraded lands or preventing further degradation often requires a combination of biophysical, sociological, cultural, political, and economic interventions.
Whether you are a citizen scientist, a landowner, or someone who works in a role that involves land management, finding more sustainable ways to protect the land is a very important responsibility.
The Land Degradation, Restoration and Management Short Course is a 20-hour self-guided course that will help you understand how to manage land sustainably and how to rehabilitate degraded areas.
What's covered in the course?
LESSON 1 SCOPE AND NATURE OF LAND MANAGEMENT
- Causes of Land Degradation
- Broad Principles of Sustainable Land Management
- Harnessing the People
- Careers in Land Management
LESSON 2 LAND DEGRADATION & REHABILITATION
- Introduction
- Forms of Land Degradation and Their Control
- Land Rehabilitation Management
- Mining Sites
- Environmental Assessment
- Land Management Programs
- The Importance of Trees on Farms
- Ecosystem Conservation
LESSON 3 MANAGING SOILS
- Introduction
- Soil Fertility
- Physical and Chemical Factors Affecting Nutrient Availability
- Biological Factors Affecting Soil Fertility
- Improved Nutrient Management
- Loss of Soil Fertility
- Understanding Soil Analysing
- Sampling Soil
- Strategies for Tackling Soil Degradation
- Conservation Tillage and Crop Residue Management
- Soil Biological Management
- Land Management Using Alternative Farming Techniques
- Using Organic Principles to Overcome Soil Problems
- Using Plants To Extract Contamination
LESSON 4 MANAGING WATER
- Introduction
- Water Erosion
- Water Reuse And Recycling
- Wastewater Treatment
LESSON 5 MANAGING PLANTS
- Controlling Plants
- Using Plants For Erosion Control
- Planning Rehabilitation
- Plant Selection And Establishment
- Plant Varieties
- The Economics of Plant Selection
- Planting Preparation - Soil Cultivation
- Cultivation Machinery & Tools
- Planting Techniques
- Other Techniques
- Soil And Water
- Types of Water Wastage
- Irrigation Systems
- Coping With Dry Conditions
- Plant Protection Methods
- Weed Management
- Crop Rotations
LESSON 6 MANAGING ANIMAL POPULATIONS
- Creating Habitat Corridors For Wildlife
- Wildlife Conservation
LESSON 7 AFTERWARDS
- Plant Associations
- Natural Regeneration
Final Assessment
Who This Course is For
Farmers, agriculturists, agronomists, and landowners who may want sustainable solutions for managing their land.
Town planners, urban designers, builders, landscapers, and other contractors looking for ways to ensure the long term viability, sustainability, health, and productivity of land under their management.
Environmental scientists, ecologists, rangers, parks and reserves staff, and others involved in rehabilitaing land.
People with a concern for the land and volunteers in land rehabilitation programs who want to expand their knowledge of sustainable practices.
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