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This subject presents geographic and other social science perspectives on environmental and heritage management. In it students will examine environmental and cultural values and how they are identified and translated into practice to protect and manage landscapes, places, natural resources, and ecosystems at local, global and national scales. The subject will focus on developing students skills in analysing environmental and heritage issues, problems and conflicts and in applying policy and management tools and approaches to achieve sound, evidence-based, and equitable management outcomes and processes.Through topics such as urban heritage protection, World Heritage management, biodiversity conservation, forestry, water management, rural land conservation, indigenous involvement in land and heritage management, and national park management, students will learn to critically assess market-based, regulatory, community-based, and other management tools and approaches and their applications.The subject will be delivered via lectures and a mix of workshops and Wollongong area field trips. Field trips may be held on a weekend.