Capacity Building and Training
Today’s conservation challenges are greater than ever before. Thousands of species all over the world face extinction, and many fragile ecosystems are in danger. Every day, researchers learn more about how human and animal diseases can cause worldwide health and conservation issues.
The Global Health Program has created comprehensive training programs to protect Earth’s ecosystems and species, and to promote global health awareness. Through fellowships, internships and training courses, GHP offers opportunities to train in situ and ex situ with world leaders in wildlife health and conservation.
Projects
Advancing Care in Panda Medicine in China
The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, or Chengdu Panda Base, is a Chinese institution renowned for advances made in the propagation of giant pandas — one of the world’s most charismatic and endangered species.
International Exchange Program
The Global Health Program trains veterinarians at the human-wildlife interface to improve engagement in modern One Health techniques.
Rhino Conservation and Medicine
Smithsonian scientists are conducting a rhinoceros medicine workshop in Kenya and investigating a skin infection plaguing the endangered black rhinoceros.
Training Courses
The Global Health Program offers training programs that cover issues ranging from wildlife health and lab diagnostics to outbreak investigations.
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Changing Landscapes Initiative
Smithsonian scientists work alongside community members in Northwestern Virginia to evaluate the impacts of land-use change on wildlife, ecosystem services and community health.
Coral Biobank Alliance
Smithsonian scientists are part of the Coral Biobank Alliance, a global network of coral experts preserving corals for restoration and research.
Coral Species Cryopreserved with Global Collaborators
View a list of the coral species that have been cryopreserved using a technique developed by Smithsonian scientists.
Wildebeest Conservation
Conservation Ecology Center scientists are tracking the movements of white-bearded wildebeest to understand how changes across the landscape impact the species.
Protecting Piping Plovers in the Great Lakes
In 2022, the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center will begin a new research project to help protect endangered piping plovers from predation by merlins.
Swift Fox Recovery
Smithsonian scientists, in collaboration with the Fort Belknap Fish and Wildlife Department, are embarking on a five-year swift fox reintroduction project to restore swift foxes to tribal lands and to help reestablish connectivity between disjointed swift fox populations.
Conserving the World’s Largest Working Wetland
Conservation Ecology Center researchers are collaborating with institutions in Brazil and other Smithsonian colleagues to support sustainable cattle ranching in the Pantanal wetland.