AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of Forestry
& Natural Environment
Management

Wetland Ecosystem Management

Course Content

Introduction to wetlands. Definitions and categories of wetlands. Wetland classification criteria. Examples of wetlands of the planet and the Mediterranean. Functions of wetland ecosystems. Risks and threats, Natural changes and man-made alterations of wetlands. The legal framework for the protection of wetlands. Riverside (riverside and lakeside) forest and other ecosystems and habitats. Functions and values of riparian forest ecosystems. Wetland management principles. Wetland management plans. Management of wetland ecosystems in an institutionalized framework based on international and national rules (eg provisions of the Ramsar Convention, the European directives for the management of the Natura 2000 network through the management bodies of protected areas in Greece). Peculiarities of wetland management in relation to the general rules of management of protected areas - emphasis on management at the river basin level. Wetland assessment, mapping, classification and scientific monitoring. Creation, improvement - restoration and erection of wetlands. Use of artificial wetlands for wastewater management.

Learning Results

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
• has understood knowledge about the operation and management of wetlands, the legal
framework for their protection, assessment, mapping, classification and scientific
monitoring.
• uses methodologies and techniques for wetland management plans,
• collaborates with his / her classmates to create and present a plan - framework for the
management of wetland ecosystems which, in the future in the course of his work as a
Forester, will be part of a study-plan for a management or other relevant study.

NEWSLETTER

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY 

The Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management joined the Faculty of Plant Sciences of the AUA. The Department operates from the academic year 2019-2020 and is based in Tthe city of Karpenisi. Housed in the building facilities of the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management of the former Technical Scool (TEI)  of Central Greece.
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