Tools for Conserving Biodiversity
Summer 2009 (dates to be announced)
This course is designed for early career conservation managers and researchers as well as graduate students. Course participants will gain knowledge and skills on:
- A variety of in-situ and ex-situ tools available for conservation
- Using scientific information for conservation management
- Running a successful conservation project from start to finish
- Collaborating across countries to solve conservation problems
Course Topics Include:
- Project planning
- Statistics and experimental design
- Data management and analysis
- GPS, GIS, and remote sensing
- Genetics and lab techniques
- Field techniques
- Monitoring and assessment
- Animal behavior
- Abundance and population viability
- Movement and habitat use
- Restoration and mitigation
- Human-wildlife interactions
- Policy and protected-area management
- Community engagement
- Conservation education
