Practical Natural Resources Management

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Practical NaturalResources Management

• Introduction
• Drs. M. Eppinga
• (Dr. P. Schot)
• Dr. A. Barendregt
• Faculty of Geosciences
• Department of Environmental Sciences

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Practical NRMBasic Idea

• NR (profits) water, space, nature, agriculture,
  soil, air, energy
• M science, government
• Practical hands on, real life
• MSc high level natural sciences
• ? Case Dommel

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Practical NRMCase story

• Province Noord-Brabant
• New task integrated policy with Natural
  Resources
• Unable to perform task, so sends letter
• Invitation for research proposal

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Practical NRMCase story

• You consultant writing proposal for Province
  Noord-Brabant
• You in consultancy company, with other
  specialists in one group

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Practical NRMCase Area
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Practical NRMCase Area
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Practical NRMCase Problems

• Environmental problems
• Acidification
• Eutrophication
• Diffusion of pollution
• Fragmentation
• Groundwater depletion
• ?

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Practical NRMCase Problems

• Environmental problems
• Interconnected
• Complex relations
• Solution with society / economy ?
• Structure to analyse !

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Practical NRMCase Goal

• Ecological Main Network
• Sustainable agriculture
• Sustainable development energy
• Integrated policy
• But how to get there?

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Practical NRMFive steps

• 1 Individual Research Design
• 2 Theory
• 3 Group Research Design
• 4 Presentation to Policy Makers interview
• 5 Final Proposal

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Practical NRMForm

• Introduction / theoretical lectures
• Individual paper (30)
• Presentation and conversation
• Group paper (40)
• and individual part in paper (30)

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Practical NRMGuidance

• Aat Maarten daily course of business, policy
  makers, evaluation, group work
• Staff Department of Environmental Sciences /
  Science, Technology and Society
• Experts from the field

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Practical NRMlectures / theory / reader

• Introduction -Aat Barendregt
• Chain perspective - Margien Bootsma
• Water management - Paul Schot
• Nature conservation - Aat Barendregt
• Governance methods - Carel Dieperink
• Stakeholders in area - Hens Runhaar

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Practical NRMlectures / theory / reader

• 17th February
• 1600
• Individual paper
• problem analysis
• proposal demarcations
• personal contribution

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Practical NRMlectures / theory / reader

• Bio-energy cultivation - Pita Verweij
• Bio-energy methods - Martin Junginger
• Ecological models - Martin Wassen
• Hydrological models - Nico Pieterse
• Knowledge integration - Aat Barendregt
• Project Organisation - Pieter Louwman

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Practical NRMlectures / theory / reader

• Preparation of lectures
• Read papers theme lecture
• General problem is given
• Put questions during lecture

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Practical NRMReader

• Reader with study guide, information and
  literature
• 17.50
• Supplements ?
• Power point at website

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Practical NRMAIMS

• Learn to perform an integrated problem analysis
• Gain experience in working in interdisciplinary
  group
• Design a multidisciplinary research proposal
• To determine individual contribution to
  multidisciplinary research project
• Gain insight in consultancy practices

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Practical NRMConcluding

• Master of Science
• Responsibility
• 5th of April .

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Practical NRMConcluding

Questions?