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ENV513 - Environmental Planning and Policy

2024

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Environmental Science

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

Prerequisites

Incompatible

Assumed Knowledge

Unit Description

Students who undertake this unit will develop their knowledge and understanding of how environmental policies have developed in Australia and internationally. Topics investigated include the environmental policy cycle, and a framework for developing, implementing and evaluating policy and instruments; the role and participation of different stakeholders in the policy landscape, and policy drivers impacting on management of natural resources. National and international environmental policy and their implications will be reviewed and explored with case studies through a policy framework, including sustainable development, climate change and carbon, biodiversity and threatened species conservation, protected areas, fisheries, marine and water policy and impact assessment. Policy successes and failures are also considered

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Develop an understanding of environmental policy, policy frameworks and their role in the use and management of natural resources.
2.	Review and synthesise knowledge of historical environmental policy trends and dynamics in Australia, in the context of selected international trends.
3.	Review and critically evaluate the application of an environmental policy framework and instruments to various case studies.
4.	Interpret the implications of policy for government, companies and agencies working with natural resources.
5.	Prepare a policy briefing for clients and agencies (decision-makers; e.g. in government).

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Presentation: policy case study (individual work, Oral, 10 minutes)	15%	1 - Develop an understanding of environmental policy, policy frameworks and their role in the use and management of natural resources. 2 - Review and synthesise knowledge of historical environmental policy trends and dynamics in Australia, in the context of selected international trends. 3 - Review and critically evaluate the application of an environmental policy framework and instruments to various case studies.'
2.	Essay: What is environmental policy (individual work, 1200 words)	15%	3 - Review and critically evaluate the application of an environmental policy framework and instruments to various case studies. 4 - Interpret the implications of policy for government, companies and agencies working with natural resources.'
3.	Research Review: Policy case study (individual work, 2500 words)	40%	3 - Review and critically evaluate the application of an environmental policy framework and instruments to various case studies. 4 - Interpret the implications of policy for government, companies and agencies working with natural resources.'
4.	Briefing Paper: Policy case study (individual work, 1000 words)	30%	4 - Interpret the implications of policy for government, companies and agencies working with natural resources. 5 - Prepare a policy briefing for clients and agencies (decision-makers; e.g. in government).'

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2024	Semester 1	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR
2024	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR

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