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Course code: RSSS20397o16
Semester: 2016/2017 winter
Name: Management of natural resources explatation
Major: Environmental Protection
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. Jerzy Weber, dr Rafał Tyszka
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Students know general issues concerning the environment and how it can be endangered. They are able to recognize potential risks to the environment and how to prevent them. Students know the strategy of balanced resource management in the context of sustainable development and energy and natural resources security. Student know methods to quantify antropogenic impact on the environment and also understand the legal aspects and methods of reducing and / or removing the effects of anthropogenic pressure. Skills: Students design exploitation of natural resources, taking into account legal and environmental aspects. Students examine the economic and environmental aspects associated with the use of mining wastes. They are able to prepare a project how to recultivate mining areas. They also examine the social aspects of the natural resource use and reclamation and development of mining areas.

Competences:

Prerequisites: Soil science, Reclamation of degraded lands, Natural resources, Protection of soils (Bachelor Studies)

Course content: Legal content associated with the operation and management of natural resources. Basic concepts of natural resources and their classification. The problems associated with the exploitation of natural resources (economic, environmental and social) exploration and documentation of the deposit, the economic viability criteria, the strategy of exploitation, remediation of environmental risks, public consultation, how to end the exploitation, storage of waste and forms of their remediation.

Recommended literature: 1.Ustawy: Prawo geologiczne i górnicze, Prawo ochrony środowiska, Ustawa o zabieganiu szkodom w środowisku i ich naprawie oraz inne. 2.Craig J.R., D. J. Vaughan, B. J. Skinner. 2003. Zasoby Ziemi. PWN 3.H. Schwarz: Prawo geologiczne i górnicze. Komentarz. Wrocław: 2012 4.Dąbrowski S., Górski J., Kapuściński J., Przybyłek J., Szczepański J. 2004. Metodyka określania zasobów eksploatacyjnych ujęć zwykłych wód podziemnych. Ministerstwo Środowiska. Selected papers and books: Hering J. (Ed) (2010) Global Water Sustainability. Elements., Hudson K. (Ed) (2011) Mine Wastes, Elements; Eisenhour D. and Brown R. (2009) Bentonites: Versatile Clays, Elements.; Oelkers E. and Valsami-Jones E. (2008) Phosphates and Global Sustainability, Elements. Macfarlane A. (2007) Energy: A Geoscience Perspective, Elements. Workshop: selected papers from the scientific literaturę. The papers include datasets, which will be the base of several students projects e.g. calculations, reports, discussions: Johnson & Boersma (2013) Energy (in)security in Poland in the case of shale gas. Energy Policy; Griffin et al. (1995) Trace elements in indicator minerals: area selection and target evaluation in diamond exploration. Journal of Geochemical Exploration., Tyszka et al. (2014) Extensive weathering of zinc smelting slag in a heap in Upper Silesia (Poland): Potential environmental risks posed by mechanical disturbance of slag deposits Applied geochemistry; Kierczak et al. (2013) Environmental impact of the historical Cu smelting in the Rudawy Janowickie Mountains (south-western Poland), Journal of Geochemical Exploration; Vaughan D. (Ed.) (2006) Arsenic, Elements., Misun et al. (1999) Variation of 66 elements in European bottled mineral waters. Science of Total Environment.

Assessment methods: Knolwedge: tests based on information presented in lectures and workshops, the evaluation of obligatory projects Skills: the evaluation of obligatory projects Social skills: The evaluation of participation in discussions, evaluation of ethical attitude (during the execution of project tasks and writing tests).

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