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Download Course Brochure: Land Degradation Restoration and Management
In many cases, land degradation is brought about by inappropriate land use focussed on short-term gains without much thought to the long-term consequences.
The Land Degradation, Restoration, and Management Short Course is a 20-hour self-guided course that will help you understand how to manage land sustainably and how to rehabilitate degraded areas.
This course consists of seven lessons covering the scope and nature of land management, land degradation and rehabilitation, managing soils, managing water, managing plants, managing animal populations, maintenance, and natural regeneration.
This course covers the following lessons:
LESSON 1 – SCOPE AND NATURE OF LAND MANAGEMENT
- Causes of Land Degradation
- Broad Principles of Sustainable Land Management
- Harnessing the People
- Careers in Land Management
LESSON 2 – LAND DEGRADATION and REHABILITATION
- Forms of Land Degradation and Their Control
- Land Rehabilitation Management
- Mining Sites
- Environmental Assessment
- Land Management Programs
- The Importance of Trees on Farms
- Ecosystem Conservation
LESSON 3 – MANAGING SOILS
- Soil Fertility
- Physical and Chemical Factors Affecting Nutrient Availability
- Biological Factors Affecting Soil Fertility
- Improved Nutrient Management
- Loss of Soil Fertility
- Understanding Soil Analysis
- Sampling Soil
- Strategies for Tackling Soil Degradation
- Conservation Tillage and Crop Residue Management
- Soil Biological Management
- Land Management Using Alternative Farming Techniques
- Using Organic Principles to Overcome Soil Problems
- Using Plants To Extract Contamination
- Review what you have been learning
LESSON 4 – MANAGING WATER
- Water Erosion
- Water Reuse And Recycling
- Wastewater Treatment
- Review what you have been learning
LESSON 5 – MANAGING PLANTS
- Controlling Plants
- Using Plants For Erosion Control
- Planning Rehabilitation
- Plant Selection And Establishment
- Plant Varieties
- The Economics of Plant Selection
- Planting Preparation – Soil Cultivation
- Cultivation Machinery Tools
- Planting Techniques
- Other Techniques
- Soil And Water
- Types of Water Wastage
- Irrigation Systems
- Coping With Dry Conditions
- Plant Protection Methods
- Weed Management
- Crop Rotations
- Review what you have been learning
LESSON 6 – MANAGING ANIMAL POPULATIONS
- Creating Habitat Corridors For Wildlife
- Wildlife Conservation
LESSON 7 – AFTERWARDS
- Plant Associations
- Natural Regeneration
- Review what you have been learning
How it all works:
- You can enroll at any time.
- Once you have paid for the course, you will be able to start straight away.
- Study when and where you like.
- Work through at your own pace.
- You can download your study guide to your Smartphone, tablet, or laptop to read offline.
- There are automated self-assessment tests you can complete at the end of each lesson. You can attempt these as many times as you wish and each time, upon completion, you can see your results.
- You will need internet access to complete the self-assessment tests.
- At the end of the course, you are presented with a larger assessment that can be attempted online, anywhere, anytime. If you achieve a 60% pass in the exam; you immediately receive a downloadable certificate of completion with your name on it.
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