Wildlife Management

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Abstract

Effective wildlife management is crucial for the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources. In this subject students focus on Australian wildlife management and learn how ecological principles underpin management strategies and actions. Key topics in wildlife management are explored including threatened species recovery and translocation methods, wildlife disaster mitigation, wildlife harvesting, wildlife parasitism and disease, and traditional and contemporary Indigenous Australian wildlife management approaches. Students completing this subject have the ability to develop and evaluate wildlife management strategies for the protection, control, sustainable use, or recovery of species and communities and can apply adaptive management principles to wildlife management problems.

Syllabus

Principles of wildlife management; Legislation and policies for wildlife management in Australia; Wildlife disaster management;Threatened species recovery and translocation; Wildlife harvesting and control; Wildlife parasitism and disease; Traditional and contemporary Indigenous Australian wildlife management; Population monitoring techniques; and Adaptive management for wildlife.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

be able to explain and summarise the key terminology, concepts and principles of wildlife management;

be able to discuss the main features of threatened species management, wildlife control, wildlife disease, wildlife disaster mitigation and sustainable use of wildlife;

be able to identify appropriate scientific methods to the study of wildlife management;

be able to review, consolidate and synthesise their knowledge to develop wildlife management strategies for the control, sustainable use and recovery of species and communities;

be able to identify appropriate environmental legislation and policy and their role in wildlife management; and

be able to apply adaptive management principles to wildlife management.

Assumed knowledge

Students may not enrol in this subject if they have completed BIO327.