Biodiversity and Natural Resources Law (835M3)

15 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Spring teaching

The module examines international and regional approaches to the legal protection of biodiversity and natural and cultural heritage. It also examines the way in which some national jurisdictions (emphasising the UK approach) deal with this type of protection. The module will include consideration of the natural science and non-legal social-science that deals with measuring rates of biodiversity loss and the optimum way to protect biodiversity and cultural heritage as well as the interlinking with other volitions for protection.

On this module, you’ll:

• gain a grounding in the relevant international, regional and some aspects of national law
• develop a critical understanding of such law and the dynamics behind it
• learn about the rationale behind approaches to protect biodiversity and heritage and the subject(s)’ relationship with other issues; and
• develop skills of presentation and advocacy.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 15 hours of contact time and about 135 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.