Conservation Conflict Resolution Course
Human-wildlife interactions are often a source of tension and conflict among groups or individuals with different values and priorities regarding wildlife.
This course will give participants the tools to navigate the complexities of these conflicts at any scale. Through experiential training in the skills, theory, and process of analyzing and addressing conflict, course participants will explore conflict dynamics through conflict analysis models, appreciate the role of identity in conflict, and absorb the principles behind effective conflict resolution processes.
Course participants will practice techniques for conciliation, mediation, and group dialogue processes with multiple stakeholders, becoming neutral facilitators armed with specific strategies for the conflicts particular to their field or landscape. Participants will analyze case studies from around the world and discuss specific applications to resolve current conflicts.
Dates
May 13-22, 2010
Location
National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center, Front Royal, Virginia
Course Fee
This course is being offered through the Smithsonian-Mason Global Conservation Studies Program. It is offered for continuing education units (professional non-academic credit) for $2,500 USD. The cost covers instruction, course materials, lodging, food, and local transportation for the duration of the course. If you are interested in obtaining in-state or out-of-state graduate credits for this course, please
email zootraining@si.edu
for more information.
Enrollment
Please complete the online application and mail or email your CV and one letter of recommendation. (Contact information is on the application form). Participants seeking graduate credits must also each submit a copy of his or her university transcript.
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