Provides:
1. A general overview of natural resources and renewable natural resource management;
2. Course Entry Requirements;
3. What to expect throughout the duration of the course;
4. Prospects after the degree; and
5. Did you knows.
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Introduction
Natural Resource – a material source of
wealth, such as timber, fresh water, or a
mineral deposit, that occurs in a natural state
and has economic value.
Management – “To manage is to forecast and
to plan, to organize, to command, to
co-ordinate and to control”
(Henri Fayol, 1916).
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Types of Natural Resources
Non Renewable Natural Resource – finite
materials that occur in nature and are helpful
in wealth creation but cannot be replenished
by natural means ate the same rates they are
used.
E.g. Fossil fuel, certain aquifers, minerals.
Cut Diamond
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Types of Natural Resources
Renewable Natural Resources;
Plants and animals and their
support systems that have the
potential for wealth creation
and can be regenerated over
time by biological
reproduction or other
processes.
E.g. Timber and Fisheries
Harvesting
of forest
products
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Renewable Natural Resources Mgt.
Renewable Natural Resource Management
The scientific control of life support
systems and their associated plants and
animals for the benefit of man.
A team of foresters
carrying out stock
survey
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First and Second Years
Foundation Courses
They give you a firm footing to pursue the
applied courses. Most are taught with a few
involving fieldwork and field visits.
Statistics
Meteorology and Remote Sensing
Ecology
Communication Skills
Principles of Land Surveying
Computer and Computer
Applications
Pathology and Microbiology
Biological Chemistry
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Foundation Courses (cont’d)
Literature-in-English
Genetics
Technical Communication
Entomology
Environmental Physiology …
Introductory courses in
Agroforestry (AGF)
Fisheries & Watershed Mgt. (FSA)
Forestry and Silviculture (FRM)
Wildlife & Range Mgt. (WRM)
Wood Science and Technology (WST)
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Other General Courses
These are courses that are compulsory in all
departments during the 3rd and final.
They include:
Environmental Issues in Nat. Res. Mgt.
Application of Remote Sensing and GIS
Natural Resource Policy and Legislation
Experimental Design
Business Management
Natural Resources Economics
Student Project
Seminars (Presentation of Research Work) …
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Specialization Courses (AGF)
Agroforestry involves the deliberate integration
of trees or other woody perennials, agricultural
crops and/or animals on the same land
management unit in a manner that
ensures, productivity, sustainability and can be
easily adopted.
AGF Courses
Collaborative resource management
Agroforestry systems
Agroforestry multipurpose trees
Tree nursery establishment
Integrated agro-aquaculture …
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Specialization Courses (FRM)
Forestry and silviculture involves the cultivation
and management of forest tree.
FRM Courses
Principles of forest measurement
Forest product harvesting
Forest fire management
Forest plantations
Urban forestry
Forest tree improvement
Plantation silviculture
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Specialization Courses (FSA)
Fisheries and watershed management draws on
fisheries science in order to find ways to
protect fishery resources and catchments so
sustainable exploitation is possible.
FSA courses include:
Biodiversity and conservation of fisheries of
resources
Wetland conservation and management
Fish nutrition
Fisheries ecology
Aquaculture engineering
Fish pathology …
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Specialization Courses (WRM)
Wildlife and range management attempts to
balance the needs of wildlife with the needs of
people using the best available science. It
involves disciplines like game keeping, wildlife
conservation and pest control.
WRM Courses include:
Range utilization
Mammalogy
Range utilization and improvement
Wildlife survey
Wildlife utilization
Domestication and animal improvement
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Specialization Course (WST)
Wood science and technology is the study of
wood as a material that is renewable and of
biological origin, how man uses it and the tools
he utilizes.
WST courses include:
Wood chemistry
Wood physics
Furniture & joinery design & production
Pulp and paper making
Timber grading
Adhesives, finishes and wood
Wood energy …
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Teaching and Learning NRM
Staff of the Faculty of Renewable Natural
Resources are approachable and provide a good
atmosphere for learning in and outside the
classroom with their open door policy.
A student asking a
question during a
field visit.
A lecture
demonstrating a
technique to students.
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Teaching and Learning NRM
Lecturers give assignments which
helps to improve student research
skills and understanding of subjects
under consideration.
A student
(Eric Kumeh Mensah)
presenting a research
assignment
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Opportunities After Reading NRM
After reading Natural Resources Management, one
has the prospects of working with the following
agencies;
Consultancy Firms
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Forestry Commission
Mining Industries
Non-Governmental Agencies
Banks …
There is also the prospect for further studies
in NRM related fields and beyond.
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Entry Requirements
General Science General Agriculture
Biology
General Agriculture
Chemistry
Chemistry
Physics
Physics/Elective Maths
Elective Mathematics
Integrated Science
Core Mathematics
English Language
CUT OFF
EIGHTEEN (18)
OR
Diploma in Natural Resource Management
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Did You Know
Electricity-
producing organ
of an electric eel
takes 80% of their
body. It is used
both for defense
against predators
and for stunning
of the prey.
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Did You Know
One tree can absorb as much carbon in a year
as a car produces while driving 26,000 miles
(Save-a-Tree, 2014).
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Did You Know
Grasshopper Mouse uses Scorpion Venom
as a “Painkiller”
(Michigan State University, 2013).
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Conclusion
The study of natural resources management is
the way forward to addressing challenges of:
Depleting renewable natural resources
that support increasing world population;
Conflicts arising from multiple use of
RNRs;
Cost and benefits estimation of RNRs; and
Achieving the much anticipated
environmental revolution.