After 2 years of teaching online, we are thrilled to once again be able to offer our field-based course on Applying the Conservation Standards.
From 12th -16th September 2022 we will be hosting conservation professionals from across Australia and the Asia-Pacific at the Katoomba Convention Centre for a 5 day intensive, collaborative learning experience in residence and in nature.
The Protected Areas Collaboration (PAC) for Learning and Research has provided scholarships for conservation professionals from Bangladesh and New Zealand to attend the course.
Registrations of interest are now open, with enrolments closing at the end of July.
2022 COURSE DETAILS
When: September 12 - 16, 2022
Where: Blue Mountains, NSW. Katoomba Venue TBA.
What: 5 full days and 5 nights spent in residence in the Blue Mountains. Course materials, accommodation and food included in the course fee.
Fee: $2,500. Scholarships available from PAC.
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course aims to give participants an understanding of adaptive management tools through the application of the internationally recognised Conservation Standards.
The course explores the theory and practice of adaptive management using the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area as a case study with approaches that can be applied to a wide range of cultures and situations.
Participants will work in small teams to progress through an adaptive planning, monitoring and management loop, including integrating field-monitoring data into a decision-making framework. Management issues will be explored to reveal underlying problems, to find ways of working with complex and seemingly intractable issues such as climate change.
KEY FEATURES
Methods and approaches to collecting, managing, and interpreting data that are necessary to understand dynamic changes.
A decision-making framework for monitoring and management that is suitable for varying cultures and situations.
Developing capacity to navigate complexity and uncertainty.
Challenging our assumptions and identifying non-obvious barriers to change.
Team-building and networking including regional and cross-organisational collaboration.
Recognising the interdependence of nature and culture.
OUTCOMES
This course addresses the need for highly skilled professionals in protected area and natural resource conservation.
The knowledge and practical skills gained are readily implemented and applicable for use in conservation by governments, non-government, private landholders and Indigenous communities. The adaptive management approach is applicable to conservation projects and property planning at any scale.
By the end of the course, participants will know how to design and implement an ecological monitoring program and integrate the data into a decision-making framework for adaptive management.
Registrations of interest are now open, with enrolments closing at the end of July.