- 13 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
- Subtitles in French
- Starts on September 16, 2018
- Ends on December 16, 2018
Conservation & Protected Areas Management in Africa
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Syllabus
Week 1: protected areas concepts
- Welcome to protected areas management course
- Importance of protected areas and protected area systems
- Role and functions of protected areas
- Definition of protected areas
- IUCN categories for protected areas
- Convention on Biodiversity
- Planning of a single protected area
- Planning of a system of protected areas
- Integrated planning of a protected area and surrounding developed zones
- Monitoring of protected area management
- Trans frontier protected areas
- Aichi targets
- Definition of governance
- State protected areas
- Private protected areas
- Community-based protected areas
- Shared governance
- Nagoya protocol
- Management effectiveness and adaptive management
- Law enforcement in protected areas
- Ecological monitoring & conservation
- Education and sensitization about conservation
- Green List of protected areas
- World heritage convention
- Culture and nature
- Capacity-building for protected area management
- Marine protected areas
- Species approach
- Tourism in protected areas
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
- Financial planning
- Economical values of protected areas
- Funding sources
- Funding mechanisms
- Offset mechanisms
- Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
- Protected areas & climate change
- Connectivity and buffer zones
- Ecological restoration
- Gender & equity
- Ramsar convention
- Corruption and natural resources trafficking
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Geoffroy Mauvais
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École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
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EPFL is considered one of the most prestigious universities in the world for engineering and sciences, ranking 17th overall and 10th in engineering in the 2015 QS World University Rankings; 34th overall and 12th in engineering in the 2015 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
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