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