*The World Needs Conservation Planners! * The natural world is facing unprecedented pressure from human and climate-based threats. As such, strategic, evidence-based conservation planning is more important than ever. Learn the skills necessary to be an effective conservation planner with the Center for Wildlife Studies!
All courses taught in this program are graduate-level and are designed with flexibility for professionals with full-time employment. Taught by leading experts, participants will learn job-ready skills along one of three career pathways: Landscape Planning, Species Planning, or Organizational Planning. Participants can also work with CWS staff to develop a custom program of study that meets a certain career path. Courses in the program currently include: - Introduction to Conservation Standards - Landscape Planning - Behavior Change for Sustainable Impact - Facilitation for Conservation Professionals - Introduction to U.S. Wildlife Policy & Law - Transdisciplinary Human-Wildlife Conflict - Conservation Finance - Systematic Conservation Planning (MARXAN) - Miradi Basics for Conservation Practitioners - Protected Area Planning - Business Planning for Conservation Orgs - Endangered Species Recovery - Conservation Standards through an Indigenous lens - Spatial Analysis in QGIS - Introduction to Remote Sensing - Wildlife Disease Risk Analysis - Conservation Economics & many more! *Go HERE <https://www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/conservation-planning> to learn more!* [image: Logo] <https://www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/> *Jack Hopkins*, PhD President & Associate Professor Center for Wildlife Studies <https://www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/> Profile <https://www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/jh-faculty-profile> | Lab <http://jackhopkinswildlife.com/> | Courses <https://www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/courses> (207) 613-5522 *Center for Wildlife Studies is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose **global mission is to provide accessible environmental education and promote wildlife conservation **through science.* To unsubscribe from this list please go to https://community.esa.org/confirm/?u=RhPWqPxFwODKvbkiT32nkIqRrsiSgulp
