Students learn basic principles of natural resource management. The most important parts of the syllabus of this course include:
- Difference between natural resources and natural stock
- Renewable and non-renewable natural resources
- The role of renewable natural resources in human being's life
- Natural resource utilization and restoration
- Abiotic natural resources (water, soil and air)
- Rangelands, distribution, and importance
- Watershed basin and watershed management
- Erosion control in watershed basins
- Deserts, definition and types
- Forests, distribution and importance
- Wildlife and its importance in human being's life
- Protected areas and national parks
- Environmental pollution
- Aquatic animals of Iran
This course includes field visits from natural sites and natural resource management projects.