HES4809 - Integrated Environmental Management

Purpose: To enable students to understand the objectives of integrated environmental management (IEM), namely, to achieve integrated environmental governance and a holistic and integrative consideration of all the relevant parameters that influence environmental planning. As a result, the basic principles, guidelines, and tools commonly used in IEM will be investigated as well as key international environmental conventions and agreements. Students will gain an understanding of the different African countries' implementation of international IEM agreements. Students will also gain practical experience through participation in an environmental management project.