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

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Tavoitteet

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

Sisältö

Conflict management tools
Conflict cases in Northern Finland

Oppimateriaalit

The Material will be handed out during the course

Opetusmenetelmät

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.

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (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%.

Esitietovaatimukset

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