Conducted in terms: 2022/23Z, 2022/23L, 2023/24Z, 2023/24L, 2024/25Z, 2024/25L, 2025/26Z, 2025/26L

Erasmus code: 10.1

ISCED code: 0421

ECTS credits: 6

Language: English

Organized by: Faculty of Law and Administration

EU Nature Conservation Law 1300-EU-NCL-KPP

https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=1962

1. History, challenges and development of EU Nature Conservation law (2h)
2. General principles of EU law in relation to environmental protection, EU law-making and compliance mechanisms (2h)
3. Introduction to international law on Nature conservation (protection of land-based and marine ecosystems, migratory species, biodiversity; sovereignty over natural resources; trade restrictions) (2h)
4. EU legislation on the conservation of Nature - the Wild Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive (4h)
5. EU legislation on the conservation of Nature - the CITES Regulation (2h)
6. EU legislation on the conservation of Nature - regulation 1143/2014 on Invasive Alien Species (2h)
7. Nature Conservation and Environmental Impact Assessment in EU environmental law (2h)
8. Animal welfare: directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (2h)

Total student workload

Contact hours with teacher - 35: - participation in lectures - 20 hrs - consultations- 15 hrs Self-study hours - 115: - preparation for lectures - 55 hrs - reading literature - 30 hrs - preparation for examination - 30 hrs Altogether: 150 hrs

Learning outcomes - knowledge

Student W1: possesses knowledge of the categories of social relations regulated by EU Nature Conservation law and has advanced knowledge of legal aspects of international cooperation in environmental matters W2: has advanced knowledge of the development of EU Nature Conservation law and its measures

Learning outcomes - skills

Student U1: is capable of performing an adequate analysis of the origins and forming process of legal measures concerning EU Nature Conservation law, has the ability to present his/her own opinions on this subject and to form basic scholarly hypotheses and to verify them accordingly U2: has the ability to use his/her acquired knowledge of EU Nature Conservation law for different purposes and to critically analyse its effectiveness and purposefulness in practice

Learning outcomes - social competencies

Student K1: understands the need for lifelong learning, is able to inspire and to organise such process concerning EU Nature Conservation law for other persons

Expository teaching methods

- informative (conventional) lecture
- problem-based lecture

Exploratory teaching methods

- classic problem-solving

Prerequisites

None

Course coordinators

Karolina Karpus

Assessment criteria

Assessment methods:
- essay - W1, W2, U1, U2
- activity - K1

The essay - assessment criteria:
- comprehensiveness and accuracy - max 20 pts
- organisation of material into a coherent structure, clear writing and accurate language style - max 5 pts
- final grade:
fail- 12 pts (48%)
satisfactory - 13-16 pts (52-64%)
satisfactory plus - 17 pts (68%)
good - 18-21 pts (72-84%)
good plus - 22 pts (88%)
very good - 23-25 pts (92-100%)

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 1300-EU-NCL-KPP in USOSweb