What is Environmental Management?
Your essay should synthesise similarities and differences between different sources, and provide a short conclusion summing up the key points.
It must also include references to a minimum of three peer-reviewed publications.
What is environmental Management?
Why do we need environmental management?
Would there be a need for environmental management if there were no humans on the planet?
Who has interests in how the environment is managed?
Who has a vested stake in how the environment is managed?
What are key influences that shape how the environment is managed?
Avoid writing about ‘sustainable development'
• Avoid case study examples (only 500 words)
• Synthesis essays are entirely focused on stating and supporting a thesis
• Synthesise: create a viewpoint ‘thesis' about the central idea (e.g. environmental management), and back up your central idea with a combination of multiple sources.
1. Search for appropriate references
2. Read them!
3. Compose your ‘thesis' or claim
4. Synthesise sources