Remote Sensing in Conservancy and Wildlife Management

Course details

COURSE CONTENT

This course reviews the application of remote sensing and GIS techniques in wildlife management and conservation under the following themes:

Module 1: 

• Introduction and definitions of key concepts
  
• Introduction to GIS and remote sensing in wildlife management and conservation
  
• Introduction to GIS software
  
• Planning for a GIS system installation
  
• Working with a GIS software
  
• Introduction to GPS
  
• GPS data collection
  
• GPS data download
  

Module 2: 

• GIS data management
  
• GIS data sources
  
• Database creation and maintenance
  
• Working with Data from different sources
  
• Integrating GPS data into GIS
  
• GPS application in spatial database development
  

Module 3: 

• Mapping
  
• Mapping wildlife distribution
  
• Mapping wildlife resource requirements
  
• Mapping and modeling habitat suitability for Wildlife
  
• Habitats and habitat maps
  
• Mapping suitability for wildlife
  
• Accuracy of suitability maps
  
• Modeling species-environment relationships
  
• Transferability of species
  
• Innovative mapping of wildlife and its physical Environment
  

Module 4:

•  Analysis and Monitoring using GIS and remote sensing
  
• Use of GIS and remote sensing in Spatial Analysis and Visualization
  
• Monitoring Habitat Characteristics Using GIS and Remote Sensing
  
• Module 5: public participation and mobile data gathering
  
• Gathering GIS data using mobile phones
  
• Participatory GIS
  
• Case studies in conservancy and wildlife management