Course Structure - 10 lessons
Lesson 1 - Introduction to Wildlife Conservation
Lesson 2 - Recovery of Threatened Species
Lesson 3 - Habitat Conservation
Lesson 4 - Approaches to Conservation of Threatened Wildlife
Lesson 5 - Vegetation Surveys
Lesson 6 - Fauna Surveys
Lesson 7 - Marine Surveys
Lesson 8 - Planning for Wildlife
Lesson 9 - Managing Threatened Wildlife Populations
Lesson 10 - Wildlife Conservation Project
Course Duration - 100 hours
Course Aims
- Develop a concept of the guiding principles of wildlife conservation and the threats to wildlife.
- Determine the principles and approaches used towards species recovery.
- Discuss the principles of habitat conservation with regards to fragmentation, restoration and the use of protected areas.
- Describe and discuss the various approaches used to conserve threatened species and ecosystems.
- Appreciate the range of flora survey techniques that have been developed to sample fauna for the purposes of conservation.
- Discuss and differentiate between fauna survey techniques that have been developed to sample fauna for the purposes of conservation.
- Discuss and differentiate between marine survey techniques used to conserve wildlife.
- Discuss and differentiate the range of planning tools available for farming, urban and residential planning to help conserve wildlife.
- Identify various management techniques used to conserve wildlife.
- Develop a wildlife recovery plan for a species under threat.
