Environmental Monitoring and Recovery

"General objective To develop essential ecological restoration skills based on vegetation and landscape analysis, identification of restoration goals and priorities, definition of reference models, assessment of expected benefits, and monitoring of results; knowledge, learning, and critical analysis of ecological restoration activities and projects developed at different scales and in different spatial contexts, in accordance with strategic objectives and standards at international, national, and local levels A - Knowledge and understanding OF 1) To know and understand basic principles, methods, and tools for the structural, functional, and dynamic analysis of vegetation and landscape OF 2) To know and understand the basic principles of restoration ecology B - Application skills OF 3) To be able to identify restoration objectives and priorities and establish baseline models OF 4) To be able to apply methods/techniques for assessing expected benefits, and monitoring results of ecological restoration interventions OF5) ) To be able to select, integrate and apply the most appropriate ecological restoration tools and solutions, depending on the scale of investigation and the diversity of relevant spatial contexts, and consistently with current strategic and regulatory goals C - Autonomy of judgment OF 6) To be able to make a critical analysis of ecological restoration activities and projects, illustrated in seminar or thorough examination activities D - Communication skills OF 7) To know how to critically communicate and argue alternative ecological restoration solutions E - Ability to learn OF 8) Have the ability to pursue study independently through knowledge of the basic theoretical models for ecological landscape and vegetation analysis applied to restoration, as well as of the main institutional and scientific sources for retrieving data useful for implementing international, national, and local strategies and regulations"