Dear colleagues, Transmitting Science is offering a new course which might be of your interest: "SPATIAL CONSERVATION PLANNING WITH MARXAN", July 13-17, Barcelona, Spain. Instructors: Dr. Ayesha Tulloch and Msc Vivitskaia Tulloch (University of Queensland, Australia). 35 hours on-site.
Site: Premises of Sabadell of the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (Bercelona, Spain). Course Webpage: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/eco/spatial-con-marxan/ Marxan (Ian Ball and Hugh Possingham, 2000) is a software program used to support the design of marine and terrestrial reserves worldwide. Using Marxan, planners can identify an efficient system of conservation sites that include a suite of biodiversity targets at a minimal cost. Marxan provides a unique method for designing reserves that is systematic and repeatable. This course will provide participants with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to use Marxan in the context of a marine conservation planning exercise. The following topics are covered in the Introduction to Marxan: - Key concepts in systematic conservation planning. - Creation of planning units. - Creation of essential Marxan input files with GIS software. - Parameter setting in Marxan. - Understanding and using Marxan results. - Zonae Cogito (front-end software to support Marxan). - Using the Marxan.net cloud system. - Advanced planning using Marxan with Zones. - Incorporating uncertainty using Marxan with Probability. Organized by: Transmitting Science and the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD. Course Director Transmitting Science <http://www.transmittingscience.org/> If you want to receive information about specific courses, please subscribe ( http://www.transmittingscience.org/subscription.htm ) selecting those topics of your interest. Disclaimer: The sender does not guarantee the security of this email, and assumes no responsibility for any possible damage incurred through data capture, virus incorporation or any manipulation carried out by third parties. Please note that your email address has been obtained from public sources and it is part of our database files, which is treated as confidential. You can at any time exercise your right of cancellation by sending back an email with the Subject "Stop receiving".
