Module Identifier | LAM1620 | ||
Module Title | BIODIVERSITY AND THE LAW | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Christopher Rodgers | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Other staff | Professor Lynda Warren, Dr Paul Street | ||
Course delivery | Seminar | 2 Hours See timetable for times and rooms. | |
Assessment | Seminar presentation | 20% | |
Essay | one assessed essay of 5000 - 6000 words | 80% |
The international framework.
2. Protection of Species in UK Law
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and specific wildlife measures (Badgers Act 1973, etc).
3. The Law of the Common Agricultural Policy
Pressures on land use and conservation policy generated by the farm policies of the EU. Reform of the CAP and the
environment. "Agri-environment schemes are their implementation in the UK.
4. Habitat Protection under EU Law
The EU Habitats Directive and implementation in the United Kingdom.
5. Habitat Protection in the United Kingdom
Part 2 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Designation of sites for protection as SSSI''s, environmentally sensitive areas, nature
reserves et al.
6. Management Contracts and Conservation Management of Land
Availability of management agreements and grants under eg. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Countryside Act 1968,
Agriculture Act 1986. Terms of agreements, and legal problems of enforcement.