Biodiversity and healthy ecosystems sustain life, livelihoods, and resilience, yet they face unprecedented pressures. This Program equips professionals to conserve biodiversity and manage ecosystems.
Designed for manager-level conservation staff, the Program reflects international biodiversity and ecosystem conservation practice worldwide. It is directly applicable to conservation in any context.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Understand biodiversity and ecosystem conservation
- Understand biodiversity values and threats
- Assess biodiversity and ecosystems
- Plan biodiversity conservation
- Manage protected areas and reserves
- Conserve species and habitats
- Apply ecosystem-based management
- Value ecosystem services
- Address drivers of biodiversity loss
- Manage human-wildlife and resource conflicts
- Engage communities in conservation
- Apply biodiversity safeguards and offsets
- Mobilise conservation finance
- Govern biodiversity and align with global goals
- Monitor biodiversity
- Apply emerging trends in conservation
Course Outline
- Module 1: Biodiversity & Ecosystem Conservation
- Module 2: Biodiversity Values & Threats
- Module 3: Assessing Biodiversity & Ecosystems
- Module 4: Biodiversity Conservation Planning
- Module 5: Protected Areas & Reserves
- Module 6: Conserving Species & Habitats
- Module 7: Ecosystem-Based Management
- Module 8: Valuing Ecosystem Services
- Module 9: Drivers of Biodiversity Loss
- Module 10: Human-Wildlife & Resource Conflicts
- Module 11: Community Engagement in Conservation
- Module 12: Biodiversity Safeguards & Offsets
- Module 13: Conservation Finance
- Module 14: Biodiversity Governance & Global Goals
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Conservation
Who Should Attend
This Program is designed for conservation and biodiversity managers, environment and protected-area staff at manager level in environmental agencies and development organisations internationally.
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