Capacity Building Through Professional Training Courses
At the center of MAB's capacity building initiative is its professional training courses. MAB has trained professionals, including resource managers, educators, decision-makers, and scientists, in the United States, Vietnam, China, India, Taiwan, Japan, most Latin American countries, the Caribbean Islands, Canada, and in the African nations of Gabon, Nigeria, and Cameroon through professional training courses. MAB employs the assistance of highly qualified instructors from multiple disciplines and backgrounds to teach all of the training courses.
MAB currently offers two annual professional training courses for international educators, scientists, resource managers, and policy-makers. A three-week Biodiversity Course—most recently held in spring 2005—focuses on creating and maintaining effective monitoring and assessment of biodiversity programs, while the two-week Environmental Leadership Course empowers individuals and provides the skills needed to promote change for conservation. MAB also conducts periodic regional courses that offer specific training for a geographical region. Please contact MAB if you are interested in the development of a regional course.
MAB Courses
Tools for Conserving Biodiversity |
| Effective Leadership and Communication Tools for Environmental
Management and Conservation January 2009, Cost: $2,500 Environmental and conservation leaders will get the knowledge and tools to build their communication and leadership capacities. The course covers fundamental communication, program management, and strategic planning skills.  more |
| Introduction to Field Techniques for Conservation Research September 17-28, 2007, Cost: $2,850 Course participants will learn practical field techniques to inventory and monitor biodiversity. more |
Facilities
If a course location is not specified, the
course is held at the National Zoo’s Conservation and Research
Center (CRC), where in the past decade hundreds
of professionals have received training. The CRC is
nestled in the rural foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains
near Front Royal, Virginia. The facility is situated
on 1,275 hectares (3150 acres) near Shenandoah National
Park, 115 km (70 miles) west of Washington, D.C. During
scheduled course breaks, you may explore the town, city,
and wildlands.
For more information,
contact:
MAB Program
Smithsonian Institution
S. Dillon Ripley Center
1100 Jefferson Drive SW
Washington, DC 20560-0705
Tel:
202.633.4792
Fax: 202.786.2557
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