Land Use Conflicts and Conflict Management in Finnish Lapland (5cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The main goal of the course is to give students a thorough introduction of monitoring and management of conflicts arising with land and natural resource use.
a) lectures on conflict management and means of conflict management;
b) cases that are monitored by groups of students;
c) internationally mixed groups in order to benefit of each other’s backgrounds and experiences and
d) involvement of local managers and interest groups into the course.
Learning outcomes:
- Recognize and describe conflicts of land and natural resource use
- Apply different methods to monitor conflicts
- Propose solutions and means to manage conflicts
- Place conflicts into a more international perspective

Content

Tieto puuttuu

Materials

The Material will be handed out during the course

Teaching methods

The course is intended mainly to forestry, agriculture and tourism students.
Pre-work:
Prepare a short presentation of a land-use conflict taking place in your own country. The conflict can be ongoing or already ended conflict.
The presentation must hold at least following information:
- The case; what is the conflict about
- Stakeholders; groups or people that are involved in the conflict
- Interests; The goals which each stakeholder are trying to acheive
- Possible sollutions
Debate:
Students choose a conflict and prepare a debate on the subject. During the debate each student represents a different stakeholder trying to push his/her views.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Evaluation:
Grading from A to F following the ECTS scale.
The final grade consists of the following partial grades: presentation of the cases and analyses at seminar 50%, final group report 50%.

Qualifications

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