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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 2436yesCoursera

The Syllabus

Videos
  • Welcome to the course
Readings
  • Organization of the course and evaluation
  • About the certificate
  • Solving doubts and technical issues
  • FAQ - General topics
  • FAQs - Assessments and Certificate

Videos
  • Introduction to the course
  • What is biodiversity? (Part I)
  • What is biodiversity? (Part II)
  • Citizen science as a tool to study biodiversity
  • Opening the door to the plant world
  • Why are flowers so important?
  • Plants: how can we study them?
  • Interview to Núria Gaju Ricart
  • Interview to Sandra Lavorel
  • Opening the door to the animal's world
  • What do I see when I snorkel?
  • The invisible world under the sea
  • Why are insects so important?
  • Vertebrates: how can we study them?
  • Interview to Morgane Tidière
Practice Exercise
  • Quiz 1

Videos
  • A look into ecology
  • Discovering freshwater ecosystems
  • Going deep into marine ecosystems
  • What do we know about forests?
  • Global change: Changing the Earth
  • Climate change and its effects on Human Health
  • How can we stop global change? (Part I)
  • How can we stop global change? (Part II)
  • Interview to Sandra Brucet Balmaña
Practice Exercise
  • Quiz 2

Videos
  • Human health depends on the environment
  • A major health problem: Pollen and allergies
  • Could humans live without bacteria?
  • Ethnobotany: relations between humans and plants
  • Benefits of nature on human health and well-being
  • Nutrition and contaminants in the food chain
  • Agriculture and soils in the contemporary world
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Genetic Improvements in Agriculture
  • Insights of the sustainable fisheries
  • Interview to Rosa Maria Poch
Practice Exercise
  • Quiz 3

Videos
  • Insights into ecofeminism
  • Culture of peace and sustainability
  • The key for the future: environmental education
  • What are ecosystem services?
  • The Red List of threatened species
  • The role of zoos in conservation biology
  • Past, present and future in marine conservation
  • Stories about consevation of big mammals (I)
  • Stories about consevation of big mammals (II)
  • Closure
Practice Exercise
  • Quiz 4
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