Course description

Conservation & Protected Areas Management in Africa

This MOOC is about areas that are dedicated to protecting nature - “protected areas.” The coursework explores how they work and why they are so important in maintaining the health of the environment in our fast-developing world; particularly in Africa.

This course will help you learn about conservation challenges in Africa and how protected areas can help face them - from the local level to an international scale. These topics will be explored using best practices from the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and case studies from the field coming from all over the African continent.

The course is composed of seven thematic modules (key concepts, planning, governance, management effectiveness, specificities of management, financing, and topical issues) that include videos (introduction, five themes, one video on a convention related to PA and a conclusion), readings, training quizzes (optional) and exams (one per week - compulsory for the certificate track).

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Self-Paced Online
Online
English

Suitability - Who should attend?

Prerequisites:

Calculus and Differential equations at the level of a bachelor in physics, math, or electrical engineering.

Outcome / Qualification etc.

What you'll learn

How protected areas work
Why protected areas are so important in maintaining the health of the environment in a fast-developing world (particularly in Africa)
The challenges of conservation in Africa
The planning process for establishing protected areas
How the effectiveness of a protected area is assessed