ENV324: Environmental Restoration

Focuses on the repair of damaged ecosystems and aims to provide a broad understanding of the concepts and practice of restoration ecology. Study both site-based and landscape-scale restoration, including mine site rehabilitation, plant regeneration in degraded ecosystems, revegetation, plant and animal reintroduction, and landscape design. Discuss restoration goals and techniques, the use of reference ecosystems, the concept of restoration thresholds and the design of resilient ecosystems. Also consider the broader socio-economic and decision-making contexts within which restoration activities take place.

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Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Lectures: 2 hours per week; practical work: equivalent to 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	ENV268 Ecology or enrolment in a postgraduate course from the School of Environmental Science. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Notes	Students currently enrolled, or intending to enrol in, MSc (Environmental Science) should enrol in the higher-level code for this unit.
School	School of Environmental Science
Unit Coordinator	Dr Richard Harris Position: Lecturer E-mail: R.Harris@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Environmental Science Room 3.044A Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2417
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Richard Harris Lecturer (R.Harris@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2417 Murdoch Campus Environmental Science Room 3.044A MURDOCH S2: Internal (03/08/2009 - 27/11/2009)   MURDOCH S2: External (03/08/2009 - 27/11/2009)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)