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FREE ONLINE COURSE:
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR in conservation





How can we coexist with wildlife in our rapidly changing human-dominated world?

Biodiversity is declining, with over 40,000 species threatened with extinction - over a quarter of the species assessed. At the same time, some species have learnt to exploit new opportunities in human-dominated landscapes, leading to human-wildlife conflicts. We live in a shared world, and the only way forward is sustainable coexistence with wildlife. For this we vitally need the animal perspective.


Developed by the makers of the popular MOOC ‘Introduction to Animal Behaviour’, this course helps you take the ‘conservation behaviour’ perspective in major conservation challenges, such as environmental change, human-wildlife conflict and wildlife reintroductions. Learn to apply behavioural principles to design more effective conservation actions. Enrol now!


The course is aimed at professionals working with wildlife. It will become clear how behavioural principles can be used to make behaviour-based management decisions. Students of wildlife conservation or animal behaviour will be able to expand their knowledge into a complementary field. Learn how to integrate academic knowledge of behaviour with threatened species conservation planning.



For more information, take a look at the course page.


MOOCs are Massive Open Online Courses: They are available for everyone, everywhere, online and free.


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Trailer MOOC animal behaviour in conservation



Introduction to animal behaviour in conservation



course information





Language of instruction:

English


Contents:

Introduction to Animal Behaviour - will help you take the ‘conservation behaviour’ perspective in major conservation challenges, such as environmental change, human-wildlife conflict and wildlife reintroductions. Students of wildlife conservation or animal behaviour will be able to expand their knowledge into a complementary field. Learn how to integrate academic knowledge of behaviour with threatened species conservation planning.


Learning outcomes:

After successful completion of this course students are expected to be able to: - connect key behavioural concepts to relevant conservation challenges, - understand how animals use behaviour to mitigate anthropogenic threats, - learn to recognize which behavioural traits can serve as threat and management indicators, - identify successful examples of behaviour-based conservation management, - use relevant resources to find species-specific information on biology and conservation challenges and, - design a basic species action plan incorporating a behaviour-based conservation action


Activities:

The course contains no scheduled activities, students can follow the course anytime. The course contains knowledge clips, case studies, interviews and practical assignments.

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Literature:

All materials are made available online.




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