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LU0098

Natural resource governance

Naturresursförvaltning

I den här kursen får du en grundläggande översikt i centrala begrepp och teorier inom ekologi och naturresursförvaltning som bidrar till förståelsen av komplexa naturresursdilemman.


Information from the course leader

Hej och välkommen till kursen Naturresursförvaltning (LU0098)!

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Allt gott och önskan om en god jul!

//Emil och Ida

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Course evaluation

The course evaluation is now closed

LU0098-30096 - Course evaluation report

Once the evaluation is closed, the course coordinator and student representative have 1 month to draft their comments. The comments will be published in the evaluation report.

Additional course evaluations for LU0098

Academic year 2024/2025

Natural resource governance (LU0098-30172)

2025-01-20 - 2025-03-24

Academic year 2023/2024

Natural resource governance (LU0098-30332)

2024-01-15 - 2024-03-19

Academic year 2021/2022

Natural resource governance (LU0098-30221)

2022-01-17 - 2022-03-23

Syllabus and other information


Syllabus

LU0098 Natural resource governance, 15.0 Credits

Naturresursförvaltning

Subjects

Rural Development

Education cycle

Bachelor’s level

Modules

Title Credits Code
Single module 15.0 0101

Advanced study in the main field

First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Bachelor’s level (G1N)

Grading scale

5:Pass with Distinction, 4:Pass with Credit, 3:Pass, U:Fail
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.

Language

Swedish

Prior knowledge

General entry requirements for higher education.

Objectives

The aim of the course is to give students a basic overview of key concepts and theories in natural resource management that contribute to the understanding of complex natural resource dilemmas.

After completion the student shall, orally and in writing, be able to:

  • account for different theoretical perspectives and central concepts within the subject fields of resource governance and ecology;

  • describe, and critically discuss, the concept of sustainable development;

  • describe how different natural resources are institutionally embedded at different spatial and temporal scales;

  • account for different conflicting objectives in the governance of natural resources and discuss these from ecological and societal perspectives;

  • account for ecological and societal impacts of the human use of natural resources.

Content

The main content of the course consists of a broad introduction to different theoretical perspectives as a base for understanding "man and nature" relations and the governance of natural resources. The course covers current natural resource dilemmas and how they are managed in societal contexts at local, national and international levels. Further, the course deals with ecological effects of various forms of natural resource management, and how the governance of resources is institutionally embedded at local, regional and global levels. The course comprises of a mixture of lectures and autonomous work, individually and in groups, which is presented and discussed during seminars. The course literature is discussed during lectures and in seminars and students are expected to use the literature during different forms of autonomous work and discussions.

Grading form

The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.

Formats and requirements for examination

The course objectives are assessed through written assignments and seminar exercises. Approved examination and approved participation in compulsory sessions are required for passing the course.

  • If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.

  • The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.

  • If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.

  • For the assessment of an independent project (degree project), the examiner may also allow a student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Other information

  • The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.

  • If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Responsible department

Department of Urban and Rural Development

Cooperating departments:

Department of Ecology

Further information

Replaces: LU0066 och delar av BI1085, LU0087

Litterature list

Återkommande litteratur att införskaffa

Samt minst en av nedanstående populärvetenskapliga böcker (som redovisas vecka 10);

1. Helen Meyer von Bremen och Gunnar Rundgren. 2020. Kornas planet: om jordens och mångfaldens beskyddare. Ordfront förlag. https://ordfrontforlag.se/ordfront_bok/kornas-planet-om-jordens-och-mangfaldens-beskyddare/

2. Peter Wohlleben. 2016. Trädens hemliga liv. https://www.bokus.com/bok/9789113073590/tradens-hemliga-liv/

3. Erika Bjerström. 2020. Klimatkrisens Sverige: Så förändras vårt land från norr till söder. Nordstedts förlag. https://www.adlibris.com/se/bok/klimatkrisens-sverige-sa-forandras-vart-land-fran-norr-till-soder-9789113105895

Vecka 3 Hållbar utveckling och natursyn

  • Helmfrid, Hillevi. 2007. Natursyn Tre svar på vad natur är. Rapport nr 1. Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Uppsala.
  • Moran, L. and Rau, Henrike 2014. Mapping divergent concepts of sustainability: lay knowledge, local practices and environmental governance. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability.
  • Nightingale, A., Böhler, T., Campbell, B., Karlsson, L. 2017. Ch. 4 Enacting Sustainability. In: Nightingale et al. Environment and Sustainability in a Globalising World. Routledge: forthcoming
  • Nelson, D., Adger, N. and Brown, K., 2007. Adaptation to environmental change: contributions of a resilience framework. Annual Review of Environment Resources, 32. 395–419.
  • Stockholm Resilience Centre. 2016. Applying resilience thinking. Seven principles for building resilience in social-ecological systems.

Extra läsning:

  • Oxfam discussion paper 2012. A safe and just space for humanity. Oxford: Oxfam

Vecka 4. Centrala begrepp och teoretiska perspektiv

  • Acheson, James M. 2011. Ostrom for anthropologists. International Journal of the Commons. Vol. 5, no 2 August 2011, pp. 319–339
  • Hornborg, A. 2009. Zero-Sum World: Challenges in Conceptualizing Environmental Load Displacement and Ecologically Unequal Exchange in the World-System. International Journal of Comparative Sociology 2009; 50; 237. Available: http://www.lucid.lu.se/Hornborg__2009__zero_sum_world.pdf
  • Cote, M and Nightingale, A. 2012. Resilience thinking meets social theory: Situating social change in socio-ecological systems. Progress in Human Geography 36(4) p.475-489. Sage
  • Carlsson, Lars and Berkes, Fikret. 2005. Co-management: concepts and methodological implications. In Journal of Environmental Management 75 pp. 65–76.
  • Rober U. Ayers, Jeroen C.J.M. vand den Bergh, and John M. Gowdy. 2001. Strong versus Weak Sustainability: Economics, Natural Sciences, and “Consilence”. In Environmental Ethics 23 (2), 2001.

Extra läsning:

  • Sandström, Emil. 2008. Reinventing the Commons: Exploring the emergence of local natural resource management arrangements. Doctoral Thesis. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae 2008:48. Kap. 3. sid. 39-62. Kan laddas ner på http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/1798/

Vecka 5. Centrala begrepp och teoretiska perspektiv

Extra läsning:

  • Martin, E.A., Feit, B., Requier,F., Friberg. H., Jonsson, M. 2019. Assessing the resilience of biodiversity-driven functions in agroecosystems under environmental change, Chapter 3, pp 59-124. In: David A. Bohan and Alex J. Dumbrell (Eds.) Advances in Ecological Research, Vol 60, Resilience in Complex Socio-ecological Systems, Academic Press, London, UK.46.
  • IPBES 2020. Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4147317. https://ipbes.net/pandemics

Vecka 6. Klimatdilemman

  • Markus Larsson (red) 2018. Klimatinfo för alla. FORES tankesmedja
  • IPCC’s fifth assessment report. 2014. What’s in it for Africa? ODI and CDKN
  • Naess, L.O. et al. 2015. Climate policy meets national development contexts: Insights from Kenya and Mozambique. Global Environmental Change. Elsevier
  • Nordregio seminar 20201203. Agenda 2030: Climate mitigation and adaptation: Examples of Nordic climate action (SDG13, SDG17) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INitXoln-_o
  • Johan Rockström 2020: Jordens framtid i Antropocen, Föreläsning. Vetenskapsakademin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6no6Oa3l4FU
  • Rydberg, I et al. 2019. Jordbrukets klimatanpassning. Future Food Reports nr 9. SLU

Extra läsning:

  • Terry Hills and Emilia Pramova, 2011*. Informing decisions on ecosystem-based approaches for the adaptation of people in the Asia and Pacific region.* CIFOR Brief no 5 2011.
  • IPCC special report on global warming 1,5 degree

Vecka 7. Vattendilemman

  • ICEM 2010. Strategic Environmental Assessment of Hydropower on the Mekong Mainstream: Summary of the Final Report.
  • Arne Trandem 2014. Is the Mekong at a tipping point? World Rivers Review vol.29/no 4.
  • Sveriges Radio P1: “Kampen om vattnet” Fyra avsnitt. https://sverigesradio.se/kampenomnaturen

Extra läsning:

  • Patrick McCully, 2001. Silenced Rivers. The ecology and politics of large dams. London: Zed Books (Kap 1-3, 5,7 & 9)

Vecka 8. Jordbruk och försörjningsdilemman

  • Waldenström, C., & Syssner, J. (2018). Lantbrukets roll i framtidens landsbygder. Nya visioner för landsbygden, 203-31. Nya visioner för landsbygden (diva-portal.org)
  • Röös, E., Carlsson, G., Ferawati, F., Hefni, M., Stephan, A., Tidåker, P., & Witthöft, C. (2020). Less meat, more legumes: Prospects and challenges in the transition toward sustainable diets in Sweden. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 35(2), 192-205. doi:10.1017/S1742170518000443
  • McMichael, P (2009). A food regime analysis of the ‘world food crisis’. Agric Hum Values 26, 281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-009-9218-5Sveriges
  • Radio P1: “Kampen om Jorden” Fyra avsnitt. https://sverigesradio.se/kampenomnaturen

Extra läsning:

  • Johanna Björklund och Hillevi Helmfrid. 2010. Klimatsmart lantbruk – stor- eller småskaligt? Erfarenheter från ett deltagardrivet forskningsprojekt. Centrum för uthålligt lantbruk.
  • Vetenskapliga Rådet för Hållbar Uveckling. 2017. Åtgärder för mer klimatvänlig animaliekonsumtion. VRHU

Vecka 9. Skogs- och naturvårdsdilemman

  • Beland Lindahl, K., Sténs, A., Sandström, C., Johansson, J., Lidskog, R., Ranius, T., Roberge, J.-M. M., Lindahl, K. B., Sténs, A., Sandström, C., Johansson, J., Lidskog, R., Ranius, T., Roberge, J.-M. M., Beland Lindahl, K., Sténs, A., Sandström, C., Johansson, J., Lidskog, R., … Roberge, J.-M. M. (2017). The Swedish forestry model: More of everything? Forest Policy and Economics, 77, 44–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2015.10.012
  • Johansson, C., Nilsson, H.-E., Öhman, P., Jonsson, B.-G., Engberg, B. A., Englund, O., … Axbrink, I. (Eds.). (2022). Skogens värden : forskares reflektioner. Retrieved from https://www.miun.se/link/9c16f183bf054b069f9bf755bbf16be2.aspx
  • Sandström, E (reds). 2019. Skogens värden och värderingar: En studie om skogliga diskurser och dilemman på Gotland. Inst. för stad och land, SLU.
  • Sandström, E. 2015. Allmänningarnas återupplivande – om makt och identitet i kampen för utvecklingen av ett lokalt förvaltarskap. Kapitelutkast.
  • Göran Eklöf, 2011. Mer Pengar åt Skogen? REDD, biologisk mångfald och fattigdomsbekämpning. Naturskyddsföreningen
  • Holmgren, S., Giurca, A., Johansson, J., Kanarp, C. S., Stenius, T., & Fischer, K. (2022). Whose transformation is this? Unpacking the ‘apparatus of capture’ in Sweden’s bioeconomy. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 42, 44–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2021.11.005
  • Andersson, E., & Johansson, M. (2022). Tio år med jämställdhet på agendan - Nationell uppföljning av skogligt utbildades villkor på arbetsmarknaden
  • Johansson, J., & Bjärstig, T. (2020). Att samsas om samma skog - effektiva samverkansprocesser.
  • Sveriges Radio P1: ”Kampen om skogen” Fyra avsnitt. https://sverigesradio.se/kampenomnaturen
  • Svt Vetenskapens värld (2021-2022) Slaget om skogen & Slaget om skogen fortsätter: https://www.svtplay.se/vetenskapens-varld-slaget-om-skogen

Extra läsning:

  • Fortmann, L. and Ballard, H. 2011. Sciences, knowledges and the practice of forestry. European Journal of Forest Resources.
  • Hoogstra-Klein, M. A., Brukas, V., & Wallin, I. (2017). Multiple-use forestry as a boundary object: From a shared ideal to multiple realities. Land Use Policy, 69, 247–258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.08.029
  • Kleinschmit, D., Pülzl, H., Secco, L., Sergent, A., & Wallin, I. (2018). Orchestration in political processes: Involvement of experts, citizens, and participatory professionals in forest policy making. Forest Policy and Economics, 89 (December 2017), 4–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2017.12.011
  • Johansson, M., Johansson, K., & Andersson, E. (2018). #Metoo in the Swedish forest sector: testimonies from harassed women on sexualised forms of male control. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 33(5), 419–425. https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2018.1474248

Vecka 10 Grupparbete samt bokrecensioner

Minst en av nedanstående böcker;

1. Helen Meyer von Bremen och Gunnar Rundgren. 2020. Kornas planet : om jordens och mångfaldens beskyddare. Ordfront förlag. https://ordfrontforlag.se/ordfront_bok/kornas-planet-om-jordens-och-mangfaldens-beskyddare/

2. Peter Wohlleben. 2016. Trädens hemliga liv. https://www.bokus.com/bok/9789113073590/tradens-hemliga-liv/

3. Erika Bjersten. 2020. Klimatkrisens Sverige : Så förändras vårt land från norr till söder. Nordstedts förlag. https://www.adlibris.com/se/bok/klimatkrisens-sverige-sa-forandras-vart-land-fran-norr-till-soder-9789113105895

Course facts

The course is offered as an independent course: Yes The course is offered as a programme course: Rural Development - Societal Change Business and Economics - Sustainable Development (BSc) Tuition fee: Tuition fee only for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland citizens: 27500 SEK Cycle: Bachelor’s level (G1N)
Subject: Rural Development
Course code: LU0098 Application code: SLU-30096 Location: Uppsala Distance course: No Language: Swedish Responsible department: Department of Urban and Rural Development Pace: 100%