Ethno Biology (Study Program of Biology) (One Semester)

BACKGROUND

Ethno biology course offered is a study on animals and plants that are used in a Balinese society. This subject will cover several topics, those are animals that used for food, medicine, pest and pleasure, animals used in Balinese culture and Balinese perspective andpractice in animal conservation. The plants topics includes plants and its cultural value, and medicinal plants, and ethno ecology and Balinese perspective in ethno ecology.

OBJECTIVES

This course aims to:

1.             Provide students with an introduction to marine pollution and basic oceanography

2.             Provide students how to analyses environmental degradation

3.             Provide the source and impact of landbased activities pollution  (mining, deforestation, fisheries and plastic)

4.             Provide the impact and remediation of sewage and heavy metal

5.             Provide impact of hydrocarbon and thermal pollution onto marine organism and global warming

6.             Provide environmental gradual graduation

ACTIVITIES

1.             Class activities

2.             Field activities (site visit and field Workshop)

SUBJECTS

1.             Ethnobiology philosophical of Balinese culture

2.             Local diversity of plants related to Balinese culture

3.             Plant used in Balinese ceremony

4.             Animal and other living things used in Balinese ceremony

5.             Plant used for food and medicine

6.             Animal used for food and medicine

7.             Conservation of plant and animal in Balinese culture

8.             Recent used of plants for aesthetics and cosmetics

9.             Bali and its environment