开始时间: 04/22/2022 持续时间: 4 weeks
所在平台: CourseraArchive 课程类别: 物理与地球科学 大学或机构: University of Wisconsin–Madison(美国威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校) 授课老师: Catherine Woodward |
课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/course/forestshumans
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Did you know that thousands of people could have been saved during the 2009 tsunami if mangrove forests had been protected…and that the boreal forest holds 40% of the Earth’s soil carbon…and that only 7% of forests are “rain forest”, but this biome holds 50% of the world’s species? Did you hear that big cities like New York and Quito are mandating forest protection to save their cities water supply? This is only a handful of the questions you’ll find answers to in this Forests and Humans online course.
Week 1: Global climate and diversity patterns; climate as a driver of forest evolution; characteristics of major forest biomes. Week 2: Forests and the carbon cycle; Forests and water; Forests and nutrient cycling; Direct and indirect values of biodiversity. Week 3: Exploitation of Timber and Non-timber Forest Products; Threats to Forests; Deforestation and Land Use Change; Forests and climate change.
Explore the forests of the world, from the taiga to the tropical rainforest! Learn why humans depend on them, and how we can sustainably manage forests for us and the many species with whom we share them.