Competent approach in the teaching course «Natural resource cadastres of Belarus» at geography faculty

Abstract

The structure of academic course «Natural resource cadastres of Belarus» for the students majoring in «Geoecology» at Geography faculty of Belarussian State University is considered in the article. The study is aimed at creation and development of academic, socio-professional and practical-oriented competence to solve the problems in the sphere of environmental protection and rational nature use. The students get knowledge about the components of natural resource cadastres: their quantity record and assessment according to the quality, economic estimation, state registration of nature users. They study law basis of cadastre control, first of all, the Statute on procedure of cadastre conducting. The significance of natural resource cadastres for rational distribution and specialization of economic objects as well as for the rational use and resource protection is considered in the course. The students study the structure of each set of nature resource cadastres. One of them is represented by the cadastre book, another – by three books (state water cadastre: the cadastre of surface waters, of underground waters, of water resource usage). Others include seven cadastre books (for example, state cadastre of the plant world). The students get acquainted with geographical and ecological information. It allows them to analyse spatiotemporal changes of quantity and quality indexes, characterising definite types of natural resources. State cadastres of open air and waste products are different from other types. The cadastre of open air includes an information code about the quantity and quality content of pollutant emissions in the atmosphere. The data about the quantity and quality of waste characteristic and the information about waste usage, storage and utilisation are presented in the waste cadastre. Lectures go with practical classes and individual work, aimed at the formation of practice-oriented student competence.