Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Discuss the impacts of human beings on ecology
• Explain the Malthusian theory and the idea of Anthropocene
• Describe Malthusian growth models
• Discuss the three pillars of sustainability
• Explain the concepts of decomposing waste, entanglement and ingestion
• Discuss the external force and response to climate change
• Discuss optimal yield problem in detail
• Describe numerical analysis of population size and the weight of stock
• Explain the impact of environmental fluctuations and match-mismatch hypothesis
• Distinguish differences between controlled and uncontrolled pests
• Explain the impact of pesticides on the environment and secondary pests
• Describe the ideas of ecotoxicology and pollution management