Course Description<\/strong><\/p>\nThis course is a graduate level seminar with lecture and discussion covering advanced topics in conservation of biological diversity.\u00a0\u00a0 We will read a mixture of foundational as well as recent papers covering a range of current topics within Conservation Biology.\u00a0\u00a0One of the most exciting aspects of the course is that students will have the opportunity to work in interdisciplinary teams on an active conservation project, commissioned by international and local NGOs (for example, World Wildlife Fund and Delta Wildlife Farmland Trust).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Students will prepare deliverables that will help these organizations in their current on-the-ground work, under the guidance of the instructor and the project lead(s) from respective NGOs.\u00a0\u00a0Group projects represent an exciting and unique opportunity to learn while contributing to conservation, and can lead to future projects or co-authored publications, resum\u00e9-building and networking. \u00a0Students will also gain experience leading discussions and developing interactive class exercises.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nAll graduate students with some background in ecology and a strong interest in conservation are welcome.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Students with any prior experience in GIS, statistics, economics, decision support tools,\u00a0data science\u00a0OR other quantitative skills, and\/or background in policy, business, planning and social sciences, are also particularly encouraged to enroll. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We are very pleased to announce that we have a new graduate course that is open to graduate students in all departments: RES 500C:\u00a0 Advanced Topics in Conservation Biology http:\/\/ires.ubc.ca\/graduate-program\/course-information\/ Instructor:\u00a0Dr. Claire Kremen 2019W, Term 2 View the syllabus\u00a0here Course Description This course is a graduate level seminar with lecture and discussion covering advanced topics…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5607,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5606\/revisions\/5607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}