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
  

Cost: 1000 USD

Duration: 5 Days