Purpose of this teaching manual This teaching manual was developed to enable lecturers at the Royal University of Agriculture (RUA) and agriculture-focused higher education institutions in Cambodia to deliver a course on Sustainable Development and Sustainable Land Management for Bachelor’s and Master’s students. The structure of the course was jointly developed by the RUA and the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) of the University of Bern, Switzerland, based on the requirements of the RUA. The teaching manual aims to provide lecturers with an increased understanding of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and skills to implement ESD at the university and other higher education institutions. The lectures will deliver the content of sustainable development and sustainable land management through ESD-oriented teaching. This will capacitate the lecturers to establish good quality tertiary education with a focus on ESD. Students will be well trained in sustainability issues with a view to contributing to sustainable development and to the sustainable use of natural resources in their country. The students will be able to address today’s challenges of food security, climate change, resource degradation, and poverty.
