Conservation Training Prospectus 2013 Welcome from our Honorary Director, Dr Lee Durrell Thus the Trust would become a form of university…where people can get the correct training...and then take their talents back to form conservation units throughout the world. Gerald Durrell, 1976, The Stationary Ark
Our founder, Gerald Durrell believed that saving species from extinction was as much art as science. One of his greatest ambitions was to establish a training programme which would unite these two disciplines and provide conservationists worldwide with the skills they need to prevent further loss of life on earth. It was a dream come true when, one summer’s evening in the early 1980s, he played croquet on the lawn with ten students from ten different countries at our Durrell and other leading conservation experts headquarters in Jersey. providing advice, contacts and funding opportunities to help you develop your Initially we focused our international conservation career and your impact on training programme on developing captive the conservation world. breeding skills for threatened species. Over time it has grown to provide the We take great pride in the achievements cross-disciplinary understanding required of our graduates, many of whom have to restore species into an increasingly become leaders in their fields, making complex wild landscape. significant contributions to the survival and viability of biodiversity in their own countries. In 2012 we renamed our International Training Centre to Durrell Conservation We have come a long way since Academy to better reflect our professional Gerald Durrell first had the vision to build conservation training focus. By attending conservation units worldwide. Through one of our training courses you will learn Durrell Conservation Academy we hope to directly from some of the world’s leading realise this vision bringing Durrell’s unique conservation practitioners the art as well as approach to conservation to some of the the science of species conservation. conservation leaders of the future.
On completion you will be enrolled into our graduate network, which to date has seen more than 3350 individuals from 135 countries join its ranks. Through this you will Dr Lee Durrell MBE be connected to your peers, Durrell staff Honorary Director, Durrell
2 Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust – saving species worldwide More than 10% of the species saved from extinction worldwide are Durrell project species *
Orange-tailed skink (Gongylomorphus fontenayi), saved from extinction by island translocation work by Durrell staff in 2010
Durrell’s mission is saving species from bred pygmy hogs back into the wild in extinction. We achieve this through Assam, captive-bred lesser night geckos conservation breeding programmes, back to Mauritius, and carried out a trial restoring species in their native habitats translocation of mangrove finches in the and training others to do the same. For 50 Galapagos Islands. In Madagascar we are years, Durrell has championed and led building on our 25 years of conservation the conservation of species most highly work to save many of the country’s iconic threatened with extinction. species such as the ploughshare tortoise and the Madagascar pochard, arguably Currently we have 45 projects running in the rarest bird in the world and which was 14 countries involving over 50 dedicated until recently thought to be extinct. field staff. Our overseas conservation work has resulted in 11 species being saved in * A major paper published in Science lists 63 Mauritius including the pink pigeon and species as having become less threatened the Rodrigues fruit bat. We are working with extinction as a result of conservation in the Caribbean to save the Montserrat efforts. 11% of these were Durrell projects, mountain chicken and several threatened which clearly demonstrates the impact of species of iguana. In just the last two years, our work. See Hoffmann et al. (2010). we have successfully released captive-
3 Durrell Conservation Academy We know how to save species from extinction. This positivity permeates throughout the training programme and provides both inspiration and direction to course participants and lecturers alike. Jamie Copsey, Head of Training, Durrell
Through Durrell Conservation Academy we’re able to put you in direct contact with the world’s leading experts in species conservation, many of which are managing our own recovery programmes, both overseas and on-site at our wildlife park in Jersey.
Such work involves a wide variety of biological skills, such as population monitoring, invasive species management, intensive species management techniques, infectious disease management and habitat restoration. It also involves a suite We value each participant that attends of cross-disciplinary skills, from facilitation, our courses, be they experts in their own conflict resolution and community-based right or amateur naturalists looking to conservation techniques through to broaden their understanding of the natural project management and leadership. world. We invest heavily in providing the We have been able to draw upon all of time each participant needs to help their these skills to create a diverse range of understanding of complex conservation conservation training courses through issues or theories. Participants on our Durrell Conservation Academy. courses are encouraged to share and challenge each other to help them By attending a training course at Durrell shape their views and approaches to you will start a relationship that will stay conservation. with you throughout your personal and professional life. Many Durrell alumni return We welcome you to Durrell Conservation for further training or work with us to take Academy and hope that you too become training courses to their part of the world. For infused with the belief that we can together some we are able to offer internships within save more species from extinction. Durrell Wildlife Park or with our overseas conservation programmes. For all we provide support through the Durrell Conservation Learning Network encouraging the exchange of ideas, issues and solutions; providing access to the latest information; and making seed grants available to help kick-start conservation projects.
4 Contents
Page Topic 6 Partners in conservation training 7 Key Durrell and visiting lecturers 10 Accommodation 11 Facilities 12 Jersey 13 Worldwide training locations 14 Courses 15 Course overview 16 Durrell endangered species management graduate certificate 17 Facilitation and communication skills 18 An introduction to GIS for conservation managers 19 The beauty of birds 20 Graduate profile: Dr Ian Singleton 22 Amphibian conservation husbandry 23 Endangered species recovery 24 Conservation breeding and husbandry of birds 25 Leadership and project management skills 26 Graduate profile: Carolina Falla 28 Conservation education and interpretation 29 Managing infectious disease in conservation programmes 30 Conservation breeding and husbandry of callitrichids and lemurs 31 Integrated species conservation and management 32 Graduate profile: Ramesh Chand 34 Avian egg incubation workshop 35 Postgraduate diploma in endangered species recovery 36 New courses for 2013 38 Further and higher education 39 Durrell conservation learning network
5 Partners in conservation training I have been promoted twice since I came back from Jersey. I am in the management cadre now – my interaction with my staff is fantastic thanks to the training I received at Durrell. DESMAN course participant, 2004
We believe in providing the highest quality training possible. With many of our courses this involves drawing on Durrell expertise in endangered species recovery. For some we partner with other international experts, such as those within specialist groups of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
We often collaborate with specialist organisations, such as LandCare Research and Island Conservation, both of which focus on the management of invasive species. We work with in country NGOs including the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation (MWF), Mauritius and Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (IPE), Brazil both to provide Conservation Science, in partnership with courses overseas and to bring people to Kew Gardens and the Zoological Society of Jersey to attend our courses. We also have London. very strong relationships with a number of UK universities including the University We collaborate with a wide variety of of Reading, the University of Kent and national conservation organisations in the Nottingham Trent University. design and delivery of our training courses worldwide (see below for examples). We Increasingly we are securing accreditation are always looking for new partnerships that for our training courses, providing impartial enable us to extend the range of training recognition of the quality of the training we can offer in support of endangered provided. Our Durrell Endangered Species species conservation. Management Graduate Certificate course (DESMAN) is accredited through the University of Kent, as is our new Post Graduate Diploma course in Endangered Species Recovery to be embedded uniquely within our conservation programme in Mauritius. With Imperial College London we deliver a Masters in
6 Key Durrell and visiting lecturers A small selection of the Durrell staff and many visiting experts involved in delivering our conservation training courses…
Jamie Copsey Professor John Fa Jamie is Head of Training John is Durrell’s Chief at Durrell. He has worked Conservation Officer. He for more than 15 years in leads the development the field of biodiversity of Durrell’s long term conservation, and has strategy, focussing on major worked extensively themes and emerging overseas. He has over issues in conservation. John a decade’s worth of experience as a represents Durrell in key forums and builds qualified teacher and trainer and is a partnerships with conservation organisations practising facilitator. His research interests and academic partners. He has published include conservation anthropology, extensively on global biodiversity issues and conservation education invasive species many specific topics. John is also Professor management and the conservation of at Imperial College London. amphibian biodiversity. Professor Douglas Dr Tim Wright MacMillan Tim is Deputy Head of Douglas is Head of the Conservation Training at School of Anthropology Durrell, where he has and Conservation within worked for 13 years. Tim is the University of Kent, particularly interested in where he is Professor of captive husbandry and Conservation and Applied conservation of mammals, Resource Economics. He is a biodiversity captive population management and GIS. economist with teaching and research Tim’s current role includes the planning interests in human-wildlife conflict, species and delivery of training, post-course reintroduction, sustainable use and market evaluation and ongoing support of Durrell approaches for conserving biodiversity. graduates through the Durrell Conservation Learning Network. Professor Carl Jones MBE Carl is an International Catherine Burrows Conservation Fellow at Catherine is Training Durrell as well as Scientific Co-ordinator at Durrell, and Director of the Mauritian is responsible for organising Wildlife Foundation, and the logistical side of the an Honorary Professor in training programme and Ecology and Conservation ensuring that courses run Biology at the University of East Anglia. Carl smoothly. She deals with began working in Mauritius in 1979 and applications and provides his dedication has led to the restoration course participants with all the information of many species and habitats. Carl leads they need from how to organise a visa, to up Durrell’s engagement in the Mascarenes to date timetables and course information. and supports various aspects of Durrell’s She also helps run the ever expanding Durrell conservation breeding in Jersey. Conservation Learning Network.
7 Dr Nik Cole Dominic Wormell Nik leads Durrell’s reptile Dominic is Head of Durrell’s restoration work in Mauritius, Mammal Department, and and works very closely has been working for Durrell with the Mauritian Wildlife for over 20 years. He is an Foundation. He focuses on the internationally renowned impacts of invasive species, expert on the captive their detection, control and eradication, and management of callitrichids, and has the reintroduction of endangered species to contributed to numerous in-situ recovery restore island ecosystems. Nik currently leads and reintroduction programmes. He is co- a joint project with the Mauritius National chair of the EAZA Callitrichid TAG, and has Parks and Conservation Service to continue played a key role in delivering numerous the restoration of native reptiles. training initiatives both in Jersey and South America. Dr Sugoto Roy Sugoto (Soggy) works as David Jeggo a non-native vertebrate David is Head of Durrell’s ecologist at the UK’s Food Bird Department. He joined and Environment Research as a keeper in 1970 and for Agency (FERA). He has much of the time since has worked on a wide variety been responsible for the of projects, specialising in the ecology bird collection at Durrell’s and management of invasive vertebrates. headquarters in Jersey. He has overseen He led the 5 year Hebridean Mink Project breeding programmes for a range of highly successfully eradicating mink from the threatened bird species and has been Uists in Scotland, and has continued to run instrumental in developing the skills of the invasive species projects in the UK, Europe department’s staff so they are able to assist and the Caribbean. He is also a member of with conservation efforts in the field. He is chair the IUCN Small Carnivore Specialist Group. of the EAZA Passeriformes Taxon Advisory Group, and vice-chair of its Waterfowl TAG. Paul Butler Paul Butler is Senior Vice Matt Goetz President of Global Programs Matt is Durrell’s Head of at Rare. After a decade as Herpetology and has Conservation Advisor to the been working at Durrell Saint Lucia Government, for over 10 years. He Paul joined Rare in 1988 has been involved with and has refined his approach to changing numerous captive breeding unsustainable resource use and fostering programmes linking ex-situ with in- positive environmental attitudes through his situ conservation in Jersey, Montserrat, successful ‘Pride’ community conservation Mauritius and Madagascar. Other focusses campaigns. Working with local governments include field conservation of Caribbean and NGO’s Paul and Rare have launched iguanas, captive and field management over 215 Pride campaigns in 57 countries of threatened chelonians and improving around the world. husbandry protocols for many amphibian and reptile species.
8 Dr Kristin Leus Professor Richard Griffiths Kristin is employed by Richard is Professor of Copenhagen Zoo and Biological Conservation divides her time working as within DICE at the University a Programme Officer for the of Kent. In particular, he European Regional Office of has extensive knowledge the IUCN/SSC Conservation of global amphibian and Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) and as reptile conservation, and his research the Population Management Advisor for the interests include assessment and mitigation European Association of Zoos and Aquariums of threats, monitoring and recovery (EAZA). In this capacity she has facilitated programmes for amphibians and reptiles, conservation planning workshops worldwide, and the role of captive breeding and focussing on both wild and captive reintroduction. He is also a member of the populations, or an integration of both. IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group.
Dr Susie Ellis Dr Simon Black Susie is Executive Director Simon’s career combines of the International Rhino both conservation biology Foundation. Previously and management Susie was Vice President for development. At DICE Indonesia and Philippines (University of Kent) programs for Conservation his interests include International, and was Senior Program endangered species management with links Officer for IUCN’s Conservation Breeding to projects in the Indian Ocean, Southeast Specialist Group, facilitating more than Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. He 100 conservation and strategic planning is also involved in studbook development workshops. She has worked in many for EAZA. His research and training interests countries and has written more than 100 in conservation management include papers, proceedings and book chapters. leadership, project management, programme effectiveness, and performance evaluation. Dr Eric Jensen Eric is Assistant Professor of Dr Mark O’Connell Sociology at the University Mark is Director of of Warwick, where he Ecological Research and co-convenes the MSc Training, an independent in Science, Media & research and training group. Public Policy. His research He has particular expertise specialism is in public engagement with in spatial modelling and science and social change. His current the analysis of satellite imagery using GIS. He research includes ground breaking studies has worked in the university sector, and was evaluating the learning and attitudinal previously head of research at the Wildfowl impacts of zoo and museum visits. & Wetlands Trust. He now runs a wide range of courses aimed at developing capacity within organisations employing professional ecologists and practitioners.
9 Accommodation Staying at Les Noyers is ideal, both for access to the park facilities and for maximising immersion in the course. The facilities provided are excellent. ESR course participant, 2007
Les Noyers is a traditional Jersey farmhouse, We can arrange special tours around our located in the north western corner of our wildlife park, including behind the scenes park. As well as housing Durrell Conservation tours, run by Durrell staff and volunteers. Academy, Les Noyers includes the onsite Moreover, we can arrange pickups from Durrell Wildlife Hostel and dining facilities. Jersey’s airport or harbours. Our resident There are not many training centres or hostel manager, Joshua Kogi, is a trained hostels in the world where you can be in a chef and enjoys preparing large meals for lecture one minute and watching a gorilla all our groups and course residents. During the next. the summer months barbecues are held on our lawns promoting informal networking We have 10 rooms capable of hosting up between course participants and staff. to 23 people. We also have a sitting room, private study rooms and a dining room.
10 Facilities
Durrell can offer a range of venues and Within the wildlife park we can offer the use facilities for courses or for private hire. Our of both outdoor and indoor venues, from wildlife park provides a unique venue our manicured lawns and animal enclosure throughout the year for educational events lookouts to our formal boardroom and or gatherings. stunning apple orchard. The majority of our sites are adaptable to most set ups and we Durrell Conservation Academy makes a have an on site event coordinator to help perfect field centre for university groups, with any enquiries, including local suppliers, societies or clubs seeking a venue for catering, logistics and transport. courses. We also have extensive teaching facilities, including a computer suite, lecture For prices and availability please contact theatre, classroom and library all with free Durrell at [email protected] or telephone use of our wi-fi network. +44 (0) 1534 860035.
11 Jersey
History Jersey is located 100 miles south of mainland Britain and is the largest and most southerly of the British Channel Islands, 12 miles off the coast of France. Formerly under the control of Normandy, Jersey has been a possession of the British Crown since 1204. However, it is politically neutral with its own government and is neither part of the United Kingdom nor the European Union. The agile frog is distributed widely throughout much of southern and central Geography Europe, but is found in only a few northern Jersey measures 46 square miles (118.2 locations including Jersey. The Jersey toad, square kilometres) and has a temperate crapaud, is also native to the island. Both climate with mild winters and cool the agile frog and the crapaud have been summers. The terrain varies from long sandy declining in numbers in recent years. The beaches in the south to cliffs in north, with green lizard is a protected species and countryside and urban areas in between. Jersey is the only area in Britain where it With its sweeping scenery, traditional occurs naturally. There are around 300 bird Normandy stone architecture and unique species that come to Jersey each year, with biogeography, Jersey is also an ideal 100 species breeding here each year. place for specialist interest groups such as photographers, artists and ramblers. Durrell is involved in several local conservation projects in conjunction with Wildlife the States of Jersey. The species we work The Channel Islands have an abundance with include the agile frog, the Jersey of wildlife that differs from that found in toad, the green lizard, bats and Jersey mainland Britain. Their unique position farmland birds. We are currently working to means that they are the southern limit of reintroduce the red billed chough to the northern species and the northern limit of North coast of the Island. southern species. Jersey has eight native species of small mammal, including the Practical information wood mouse, the Jersey bank vole, the St Helier is the island’s capital and main lesser white toothed shrew and the French retail centre; here you will also find the main shrew. Three introduced species of wild branches of the banks and the post office. mammals are well established, the rabbit, Durrell is located in parish of Trinity and the hedgehog and the red squirrel, which there are regular buses to St Helier. Durrell is able to thrive due to legislation that Conservation Academy is only a short walk prevents the import of grey squirrels. Jersey from the stunning coastal cliff paths in the is also home to eight species of bat. north of the island. We also have bicycles on site which students can use to get around the island.
12 Worldwide training locations Fantastic course! The lectures were informative and motivating and I really appreciated the wide variety of people from all projects presenting and sharing, and hearing the views of so many people from different conservation pursuits around the world. ISLA Mauritius course participant, 2005
Time and financial constraints mean that not everyone can make it to Jersey to attend a course. In response we have designed a series of short courses tailored to meet the needs of particular groups of conservation professionals in particular parts of the world.
We have run training courses in more than 15 countries and on many islands. By running courses in the same locations as our field programmes we can show participants first hand the realities of endangered species recovery projects and the skills required to achieve success.
Our overseas courses last between 5 and 10 days in duration, depending of the needs of our in-country partner. Many of the courses contained in in this prospectus can be tailored for overseas locations, and can be translated into the local language.
We are open to invitations to run our training courses in different locations. We are keen to share our skills and understanding with new groups of conservation biologists and field or zoo based professionals. If you would like to propose a new venue for one of our courses, or to suggest a new course topic, then please contact Catherine Burrows on [email protected].
13 Courses
Durrell’s international training programme How to apply has been designed to support conservation Application forms for all our courses are professionals throughout their career. We available to download from durrell.org/ run a range of courses from introductions to academy. Alternatively you can contact us conservation biology theory and practice directly by email [email protected] or to the leadership and management of phone +44 (0)1534 860037. All applications conservation programmes. Our courses sit must be sent with an up to date CV. within the following three categories: We require full payment for all our courses Level 1: 4 weeks in advance of the course start Introduction to conservation theory date. Most of our short courses are eligible and practice for a 20% early booking discount if booked Level 1 courses are ideal for anyone seeking and paid for 8 weeks before the course a grounding in conservation biology and an start date. For further information about this understanding of how this relates to saving please see individual course pages. species from extinction. We are fortunate to be able to offer full Level 2: and partial scholarships for some of our Specialisms in conservation practice courses. However, this is never guaranteed Level 2 courses are designed for zoo and we ask all applicants to look for and other conservation professionals, funding to cover their costs from the time of and undergraduate or postgraduate application. students seeking continuing professional development within their field of interest. Entry requirements Our courses cover a wide variety of topics Level 3: relevant to conservation and wildlife Conservation management and leadership management and are suitable for a range Level 3 courses are designed for of people. If you are interested in a course conservation professionals who have and concerned about your suitability management responsibility for other staff or please contact us. for projects, who are seeking to enhance their human and financial resource All applicants for Jersey-based courses management and decision-making skills. should have a good level of spoken and written English.
14 Course overview
Course title Dates Level Durrell endangered species 18th February – 10th May 3 management graduate certificate Facilitation and communication skills 25th – 29th March 3 An introduction to GIS 1st – 5th April 3 for conservation managers The beauty of birds 25th- 27th May 1 Amphibian conservation husbandry 3rd – 7th June 2 Endangered species recovery 8th – 19th July 1 Conservation breeding 2nd – 6th September 2 and husbandry of birds Leadership and project 23rd – 27th September 3 management skills Conservation education Autumn 2013 1 and interpretation Managing infectious disease Autumn 2013 3 in conservation programmes Conservation breeding and husbandry 14th – 18th October 2 of callitrichids and lemurs Integrated species conservation 4th – 8th November 1 and management
Courses by level Level 1 Level 3 The Beauty of Birds, Endangered Species DESMAN, Facilitation and Communication Recovery, Conservation Education Skills, An Introduction to GIS for Conservation and Interpretation, Integrated Species Managers, Leadership and Project Conservation and Management. Management Skills, Managing Infectious Disease in Conservation Programmes. Level 2 Amphibian Conservation Husbandry, Conservation Breeding and Husbandry of Birds, Avian Egg Incubation Workshop, Conservation Breeding and Husbandry of Callitrichids and Lemurs.
15 Level 3 Durrell endangered species management graduate certificate 18th February to 10th May 2013
Durrell has given me a new perspective and I hope to use this knowledge back in Peru. I intend to implement the ideas I have developed in this wonderful place. DESMAN course participant, 2008
The Durrell Endangered Species What is the course content? Management Graduate Certificate The course is composed of the following, six (DESMAN) is a 12 week course designed to week modules: equip conservation professionals with the Module 1 skills needed to manage species recovery. Application of conservation biology theory. By the end of the course, participants A four week lecture and seminar series and a will have developed the skills required to two week block working on the animal and plan, manage and execute a successful veterinary departments in our wildlife park. conservation project. Trainees have the Module 2 opportunity to work closely with Durrell staff Transferable skills for conservation managers. and develop professional networks. The A six week block composed of practical course is accredited by the University of Kent workshops on topics such as leadership, GIS, at post-graduate level. It also includes a statistics and data analysis and population standalone qualification accredited through monitoring techniques. the Chartered Management Institute. As a DESMAN participant you will also attend Who is it for? our ‘facilitation and communication skills’ The DESMAN is designed for people and ‘an introduction to GIS for conservation working in conservation, either in the managers’ courses (see later pages). wild or in captive breeding facilities. It is also appropriate for conservation Assessments include written exams, project professionals and students of conservation and fundraising proposals, data manipulation biology looking to develop new skill sets in activities and presentations. conservation management. What is the cost Course learning objectives The cost is £9000 including By the end of this course you will be accommodation, food and a weekly equipped with a comprehensive toolkit of allowance. A limited number of full and skills and understanding that will enable you partial scholarships are available. to become a more effective conservation leader. Many course participants go on to be promoted within their work place or go on to take up more important and exciting roles.
16 Level 3 Facilitation and communication skills 25th to 29th March 2013
A fantastic learning experience that has provided me with the tools that will help me become a more efficient and effective conservation manager. 2012 course participant
This five day course is designed to develop the skills needed to facilitate meetings within your own organisation or workshops involving multiple stakeholders with potentially conflicting interests. Those considering running their own species action planning workshop should attend this course.
Who is it for? The course is aimed at conservation What is the course content? professionals within mid- to senior-level During the course you will learn and practise management within their organisations. essential workshop facilitation skills, including: It is also relevant to other professionals • Decision making or graduate level students who wish to • Conflict management develop their communication, facilitation • Cross-cultural sensitivity and management skills. • Group dynamics • Active listening Course learning objectives • Consensus building The training you receive will give you the confidence to organise and conduct your The course is co-directed with Dr Susie Ellis, own meetings and workshops tackling Executive Director of the International Rhino complex and contentious issues. You will be Foundation, and Dr Kristin Leus, IUCN CBSG better placed to manage and motivate Europe Programme Officer. teams. The course attracts a multinational group of professionals providing ample What is the cost? opportunity to extend your professional Course fee: £750 (£600 with early networks. booking discount). Full board on-site accommodation can be provided at an additional cost of £210.
17 Level 3 An introduction to GIS for conservation managers 1st to 5th April 2013
Given the power of GIS to underpin conservation action, it is essential that practitioners have a sound knowledge of the range of issues where GIS can be utilised. Dr Mark O’Connell, Director, Ecological Research and Training
Most of the great issues confronting modern What is the course content? conservation have a spatial element. This At the end of the course participants will: five day course is designed to provide • Understand the principles of representing participants with an understanding of the real world in two dimensions Geographic Information Systems (GIS). • Have experience of how raw data are entered into a GIS, how features are GIS is a computing tool that provides linked to quantitative and qualitative high utility data to underpin conservation attributes, and the key basic GIS action, allowing information about species, operations habitats and landscapes to be described, • Be familiar with GIS spatial analyses and analysed, and graphically represented. modelling • Understand how GIS data could be Who is it for? used to underpin future action in their The course is designed for researchers, particular part of the conservation sector resource managers and conservation • Understand the time and resource issues practitioners who require practical associated with GIS understanding of GIS, its current uses and its future role in species and habitat recovery. The course is co-directed by our staff and Dr Mark O’Connell from Ecological Course learning objectives Research and Training. You will develop a thorough understanding of GIS, how it works and how it can play a What is the cost? key role in conservation projects. You will gain Course fee: £750 (£600 with early booking the confidence and skills to set up new GIS discount). Full board on-site accommodation projects using data from a variety of sources, can be provided at an additional cost of and carry out a range of spatial analyses. £210 for 6 nights.
18 Level 1 The beauty of birds: a beginner’s guide to birds, their natural history and how to study them 25th to 27th May 2013
A fantastic course that has inspired me to learn more, take action and explore further. One of the most important weekends of my life. Course participant, 2011
This is a three day short course aimed at the What is the course content? amateur bird enthusiasts wanting to gain an The course will highlight the Durrell understanding of why birds are so special. experience in conservation of endangered Participants will be introduced to practical birds worldwide including global field skills in the behavioural ecology and conservation issues. conservation of birds. This course also has practical activities, Who is it for? such as: The course is aimed at the amateur bird • Guided bird walks around the island enthusiasts who would be interested in what • Bird ringing demonstrations makes birds unique. Participants will enjoy • Population monitoring techniques utilising different bird monitoring techniques, • Behind the scenes tours of our Bird basic taxonomy and tips for identification. Department
Course learning objectives What is the cost? By the end of the course you will have an Course fee £250 (£200 with early booking understanding of bird biology, ecology, discount). Full board on-site accommodation evolution and conservation. You will have can be provided at an additional cost of £35 improved your bird-watching skills and be per night. well-placed to play a more active role in bird monitoring and conservation.
19 Graduate Profile Dr Ian Singleton Conservation Director Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme
How did you become involved with Durrell? I read Gerald Durrell’s books as a teenager and when doing a degree in environmental studies had the opportunity to do a thesis on the role of zoos in the conservation of endangered species. To do that, I attended the summer school in1987, which helped me a lot. Then later, after leaving university, I worked at Whipsnade and Edinburgh Zoos before applying to Jersey Zoo, and being lucky enough to land a job on the ape section, eventually as head orangutan keeper, and I stayed there for the next 8 years.
How did you hear about Durrell Conservation Academy? Through Durrell’s books and my membership of the Trust. I joined when I was a teenager around the time I started my degree.
What impact has your association with Durrell Conservation Academy had on your work? Huge, a real motivator. I met a lot of people doing great things and most were just normal people like me. So it made me realise I was What did you most enjoy about the course? capable of doing something useful too! I think Meeting different people from different that was when I decided I wanted to be a backgrounds, doing useful things in various zookeeper at Jersey! Now I am keen to see if countries, and making a difference! It was we can set up similar field projects with a more fun in other ways too, and I learned a great diverse array of species in Indonesia (not only deal. But it was simply being around so many orangutans). There is so much potential in this like minded people, staff and students alike country for Durrell style conservation projects! that I probably enjoyed the most.
Now I am keen to see if we can set up similar field projects with a more diverse array of species in Indonesia
20 Do you have a favourite What are your plans for the future? memory of your time in Jersey? To do all I can to ensure there are still some I must admit I enjoyed being around the orangutans in the wild when Indonesia is orangutans even then. Also, just meeting eventually able to better protect them. the staff and other trainees. I also had To keep up the fight to save Sumatra’s a very keen interest in reptiles and remaining forests basically, and all their amphibians at the time and so particularly amazing biodiversity, not just the orangutans! enjoyed learning more about what went on in a zoo herpetology department like the one at Durrell.
21 Level 2 Amphibian conservation husbandry 3rd to 7th June 2013
The ACH course immensely helped to improve my knowledge and skills of amphibian husbandry. ACH course participant, 2009
The Amphibian Conservation Husbandry What is the course content? (ACH) course is a five day course designed to The course contains the following topics: expose participants to the latest theory and • Captive facility design, breeding and practice of amphibian husbandry. management • Live food production and management Who is it for? • Bio-security and quarantine procedures The ACH course is designed specifically • Amphibian medicine and diagnosis for curators, zoo keepers, private breeders • The research and reintroduction potential and others interested in the captive of zoos management of amphibians. • Managing water quality and UV light
Course learning objectives What is the cost? You will be equipped with the necessary Course fee: £750 (£600 with early practical skills and knowledge to successfully booking discount). Full board on-site establish and managed captive populations accommodation can be provided at an and breeding programmes. You will also additional cost of £210 for 6 nights. deepen your understanding of how such work can contribute to the conservation of threatened species, and develop a useful professional network with some of the world’s leading experts in amphibian husbandry.
22 Level 1 Endangered species recovery 8th to 19th July 2013
The training covers a specialised, complex subject area, which can only be delivered by an organisation that has proven success in this field, such as Durrell. ESR course participant, 2007
Our 10-day Endangered Species Recovery What is the course content? (ESR) course provides a thorough This course gives an introduction to introduction to the issues and practical skills issues such as the value of and threats to involved in saving species from extinction. biodiversity, planning and implementing species recovery programmes, You will be encouraged to develop a conservation genetics, captive critical understanding of biodiversity species management, and community conservation and the issues it raises. conservation. Participants will also be introduced to a wide range of practical Who is it for? research skills. This course is perfectly suited for those wanting an up to date introduction to wildlife Rather than just providing theory, this course conservation and has also proved invaluable draws upon Durrell’s proven practical to those considering a career move into experience of restoring endangered conservation, and for students or graduates species. The course will include current case wishing to improve their knowledge. studies of conservation work by Durrell on some of the most critically endangered Course learning objectives primates, birds, reptiles and amphibians. You will deepen your understanding of Teaching will be delivered by many of the principles and practice of species Durrell’s own conservation specialists conservation and gain a professional and internationally renowned external network to help you develop your own conservation experts. conservation projects. For undergraduate students and those considering a career What is the cost? change, this course will ground you in Course fee: £1400 (£1120 with early conservation biology and provide a booking discount). Full-board on-site fantastic stepping stone into a conservation accommodation can be provided at an career. Previous ESR course participants additional cost of £455 for 13 nights. have gone on to run field conservation programmes in places such as Sumatra and Hawaii and to obtain senior positions in the zoo community.
23 Level 2 Conservation breeding and husbandry of birds 2nd to 6th September 2013
A unique opportunity to share Durrell’s experiences in both captive breeding and in-situ conservation, which have led to the successful breeding of a wide range of bird species. Harriet Whitford, Bird Department, Durrell
Conservation breeding and husbandry of The course will be run in conjunction with birds is a five day course designed to equip Durrell’s Bird Department and will include you with the necessary skills to successfully lectures from visiting experts. manage birds in captivity. The main bird groups covered in the course Who is it for? will be passerines, pigeons and wildfowl. The course is targeted at curators and keepers from zoos and other institutions What is the cost? and private keepers involved in the captive What is the cost? Course fee: £750 (£600 management of birds. with early booking discount). Full board on-site accommodation can be provided Course learning objectives at an additional cost of £210 for 6 nights. You will develop your skills in practical bird husbandry and deepen your understanding of the contribution such work can make to the conservation of threatened birds in the wild. You will also develop a professional network with some of the world’s leading experts in bird husbandry and conservation which will support you in your future career development.
What is the course content? The course will include the following topics: • Planning your captive bird collection: making the link to the wild • Bird behaviour and ecology • Enclosure design and management • Hand rearing and incubation techniques • Record keeping and population management • Feeding and nutrition
24 Level 3 Leadership and project management skills 23rd to 27th September 2013
The one common feature that many successful conservation projects have is a charismatic and inspirational leader that has a clear vision, can motivate the staff and can manage morale. Dr. Ulysses Seal, former Chairman IUCN Conservation Breeding Specialist Group 1979-2003
This five day course draws on the principles The course is co-directed with Dr Simon of project management theory and the Black, Durrell Institute of Conservation and practice of project delivery within the Ecology (DICE) at the University of Kent, conservation world. alongside staff from Durrell Conservation Academy. Simon has nearly 20 years of Who is it for? experience in business and education as This course has been designed for mid both a manager and consultant, working to senior level conservation professionals in Europe and the USA. His research responsible for the management of has been published internationally in endangered species and habitat both mainstream management and conservation projects. conservation journals.
Course learning objectives What is the cost? This course will provide you with the Course fee: £750 (£600 with early confidence to lead teams in the booking discount). Full board on-site development and management of accommodation can be provided at an conservation projects. You will be better additional cost of £210 for 6 nights. placed to advise on enhancements to existing projects to improve their We are currently seeking accreditation effectiveness and monitor their outputs for this course through the Chartered and outcomes. This course represents a Management Institute. valuable addition to anyone’s CV as you seek more challenging and senior positions.
What is the course content? Sessions will include: • Planning conservation projects • Monitoring and measuring progress towards achieving goals • Creating, motivating and managing teams
25 Graduate Profile Carolina Falla Executive Director ACOPAZOA (Colombian Association of Zoos and Aquariums)
How did you become involved with Durrell? What impact has your association with Durrell I had the privilege of attending the Conservation Academy had on your work? Graduate Certificate in Endangered Honestly, it was the best experience of my life. It Species Management in 2006, then spent helped me truly understand conservation and time working with Durrell staff. has directed my projects ever since. My work has primarily focused on white footed tamarin, How did you hear about Durrell since training in Jersey I have developed a Conservation Academy? standardization of veterinary management for Durrell’s training is highly respected in the species. I have organized workshops using Colombia. One of my co-workers did the skills from the facilitation workshop and the course in 2001, when she returned I now coordinate the program at a national witnessed the knowledge she acquired. I level with many achievements; improving in also met Dominic Wormell ‘[now Durrell’s management, successful breeding - in- and Head of Mammals] during his first visit to ex-situ, and awareness in the community. Colombia - his passion for the conservation As Executive Director of the Colombian of tamarins inspired me! Association of Zoos and Aquariums, I have opportunity to utilise my knowledge and influence for other species. Training at Durrell improved my confidence, and helped me find fulfilment in the professional field!
26 What did you most enjoy What are your plans for the future? about the course? I feel that I am currently in a strong position, Everything! It marked my life! It is a because I can help address many joint comprehensive course, designed to projects between zoos, aquariums etc, develop leaders in conservation. I enjoyed and hope to continue giving my best to every class and assignment throughout. ACOPAZOA. Learning wasn’t purely professional, I had the opportunity to share with people from The Masters I’m doing supports my role as the world over, who remain close friends, researcher, without straying from my work. providing collective support for our projects! My ultimate dream is to build a conservation I learned about their cultures, histories centre for white footed tamarin, taking of their roles - their passion for what they advantage of my experience as veterinarian did - all so different yet so many things in and the knowledge that I have acquired! I common. I think this is the best way to learn want to lead by example -establish a good of conservation, biodiversity and life. conservation centre in my country, and keep learning from it! Seven years ago I wanted to Do you have a favourite memory save lives, now I want to save species. of your time in Jersey? Many! Six years after the course I remember most things like it was yesterday. It was an unsurpassed experience! I am particularly proud of my winning fundraising proposal! That was very rewarding; I was able to get equipment we needed, scales for non- invasively weighing tamarins! I remember sharing so many moments that join us all forever. I appreciated the love and passion with which each of the professionals did their work - I caught the conservationist spirit!
Honestly, it was the best experience of my life.
27 Level 1 Conservation education and interpretation Dates to be announced
I think the opportunity to discuss things with other educators was invaluable. We all finished the course feeling enthused and excited about our projects. Course participant 2012
This exciting course draws upon cutting edge research, theory and practical experience, to give participants a firm grounding in how to interpret conservation messages and deliver engaging education to a variety of audiences.
Who is it for? Anyone with an interest in raising awareness of environmental issues and communicating conservation messages
Course learning objectives By the end of this course you will be able to What is the cost? develop effective and engaging education Course cost and venue to be confirmed. and interpretation to suit your audience. Please contact Durrell Conservation Academy at [email protected] for What is the course content? further details. The course content will include 2 main components: - research-informed education strategies - selecting the medium and the message
The course will feature a mixture of lectures, discussions and practical tasks with an opportunity for participants to develop their own education or interpretation idea with support from the course lecturers and other participants.
28 Level 3 Managing infectious disease in conservation programmes Dates to be announced
This course forges trans-disciplinary teams to address and solve the challenging disease issues faced by conservation programs today. Alonso Aguirre, DVM, MS, PhD, Executive Director, Smithsonian-Mason Global Conservation Studies Program, Front Royal, Virginia, USA (course co-director)
This five day course exposes you to the What is the course content? realities of monitoring and managing The following topics will be covered in this disease within conservation programmes. It course: considers the impact of emerging infectious • Conservation medicine diseases on wildlife populations and • EcoHealth and One Health approaches explores how disease operates in particular • The epidemiology of disease in wild within small populations. (small) populations • Methods for wildlife disease monitoring We also consider how we can transfer and surveillance veterinary/ecological/modelling skills • Risk assessment, infectious disease that we apply to captive populations to modelling the management of threatened species • Disease management in reintroduction recovery in the wild. programmes (ex-situ and in-situ) • Managing diseases in free-ranging wildlife Who is it for? The course has been designed for What is the cost? veterinarians, conservation biologists, zoo Course cost and venue to be confirmed. managers and students of related topics Please contact Durrell Conservation keen to increase their involvement in wildlife Academy at [email protected] for conservation. further details.
Course learning objectives This course will enable you to identify, monitor and manage infectious diseases within both wild and captive populations, whether you are a vet or more general conservation manager.
29 Level 2 Conservation breeding and husbandry of callitrichids and lemurs 14th to 18th October 2013
The course consisted of different and interesting topics that will be useful to me in increasing my skills in primate husbandry and management. Course participant, 2009
This is a five day long course designed Course learning objectives to equip participants with the necessary You will be equipped with the necessary skills to successfully manage primates, practical husbandry skills and knowledge particularly callitrichids and lemurs, in to successfully manage and breed these captivity. Durrell maintains a large and species in captivity. You will also deepen varied collection of these species and has your understanding of how such work decades of experience in their captive can contribute to the conservation of management and in-situ conservation. threatened species, and develop a useful professional network with some of the Who is it for? leading experts in primate husbandry and The course is targeted at curators, keepers conservation. and other professionals from zoos and other institutions involved in the captive What is the course content? management of primates. The course topics include the following: • Planning your collection • Enclosure design, husbandry and stress management • Population management • Managing animal health • Feeding and nutrition • Callitrichids, lemurs and their conservation and biology
The course will be run by Durrell Conservation Academy staff and Durrell’s Mammal Department with support from specialist veterinary staff and visiting experts.
What is the cost? Course fee: £750 (£600 with early booking discount). Full board on-site accommodation can be provided at an additional cost of £210.
30 Level 1 Integrated species conservation and management 4th to 8th November 2013
At the University of Kent, DICE is proud of its long standing partnership with the training programme at Durrell. What Durrell offers is unique within the conservation world. Professor Richard Griffiths, DICE, University of Kent
Combining the expertise of academic staff What is the course content? from the Durrell Institute of Conservation Topics which will be covered include the and Ecology (DICE) at the University of Kent following: with that of conservation practitioners from • The role of zoos in conservation Durrell, this five day intensive course aims • Extinctions – past and present to equip participants with the theoretical • Indicator, flagship, keystone and umbrella and practical skills required for effective species in conservation management of threatened species. • Conservation genetics and species conservation Course learning objectives • Population viability analysis By the end of the course, you will have a • Assessing priorities thorough understanding of the principal • The Jersey perspective – field trip concepts around species conservation, • Designing species recovery programmes reintroduction biology, balancing in-situ and • Translocations and reintroductions ex-situ conservation, balancing species and • Balancing in-situ and ex-situ conservation habitat management, and other key topics. What is the cost? Course fee: £650. Full board on-site accommodation can be provided at an additional cost of £210.
31 Graduate Profile Ramesh Chand Manager Kula Eco-Park, Fiji
How did you become involved with Durrell? What impact has your association with Durrell I was invited by Dr. Jill Key to attend the ISLA Conservation Academy had on your work? course which was held in Fiji from 6th to 15th Being trained at Durrell Conservation July 2009. At first I was not too sure about Academy was an opportunity of my lifetime. my participation simply because July is the Before joining Kula Eco Park in 1997, I was a busiest year in Fiji’s tourism calendar. Since Senior Customs Officer at Nadi International the ISLA Course was going to be held right Airport. I joined Kula as the General Manager; across the road from our property, I decided however my work also involved general to attend anyway especially since I would be welfare checks of animals, staff and office able to get back to my work if needed. I am administration. I did not have much training in so glad I attended this course. terms of animal husbandry. The opportunity to be trained at Durrell Conservation Academy How did you hear about Durrell has much better equipped me to do the Conservation Academy? work required of my position and has also During the ISLA course, we were informed earned me a handsome pay rise. The training I about further training opportunities at Durrell received has enabled me to carry out training Conservation Academy. I was very fortunate for my staff which has helped in capacity to be offered a place on the DESMAN building. course in 2010.
32 What did you most enjoy about the course? What are your plans for the future? I enjoyed everything! However, meeting I am currently working on reviving a with people from many countries with population of a genetically unique Monuriki different backgrounds but with similar aims Island Crested (Brachylopus vitiensis) Iguanas. of conservation of species was something Theses iguanas are listed as being critically very special. Also being able to talk with endangered. Experts believe that there may like minded people about the problems be less than 30 adults alive today. In two years they face in their countries and being able we have captive bred 15 specimens. to network with them is of great value. Having the opportunity to meet with and Currently we are incubating 8 eggs in our listen to very senior Durrell Zoo staff and egg incubation center. My future plan is discussing the problems we have in our to captive bred enough Monuriki iguanas respective zoos and getting expert answers so that we can meaningfully repopulate from very highly regarded personnel in the Monuriki Island with these rare iguanas different fields was very special too. The by 2015. I also plan to focus more on Fijian exposure and the confidence gained from ground frogs (Platymantis vitianus). this course are immeasurable.
Do you have a favourite memory of your time in Jersey? I especially liked the way all the participants bonded together. They arrived the academy as complete strangers but left as brothers and sisters. Special thanks to Josh who made us feel at home and the academy staff who all made us feel very special.
33 Level 2 Avian egg incubation workshop Dates to be announced
The course was excellent and the way Durrell provided it was excellent. The whole course was useful and I’ll take it all home to apply to my profession. Workshop participant, 2010
This five day intensive workshop is designed to give participants the skills and knowledge to successfully manage a hatchery and to artificially incubate eggs from a wide range of avian species.
Who is it for? The course is aimed at professional aviculturalists wishing to learn about hatchery management, embryo development, artificial incubation techniques and their role in conservation programmes.
What is the course content? This is a practical workshop which will cover the following topics: • Embryo and membrane development • Factors affecting hatchability before and during incubation hatchery Susie Kasielke (Los Angeles Zoo) and Pat management techniques (including Witman (San Diego Zoo) will lead the equipment selection and operation, workshop, both of whom have extensive egg weight loss management and experience in breeding and rearing avian hatchability analysis) species. There will be additional teaching • Artificial incubation and its role in field support from Durrell’s Bird Department and conservation programmes Prof. Carl Jones MBE, Scientific Director, • Participants will break out embryos at all Mauritian Wildlife Foundation. stages of development (older embryos are euthanized first) and gain first-hand Please contact us at [email protected] experience of candling techniques, egg for further information and potential dates for repair, hatching assistance and egg this course. necropsy
34 New for 2013 Postgraduate diploma in endangered species recovery
A new Postgraduate Diploma programme a large number of threatened endemic in Endangered Species Recovery is species. MWF’s work has already saved currently being developed by DICE that will a minimum of five endemic species from capitalise on its long-standing links with the extinction, as well as pioneering ecosystem Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (Durrell) recovery techniques for restoring whole- and the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation island ecosystems. (MWF). Students registered on this University of Kent diploma will be based entirely on Students on this new University of Kent the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean programme will benefit from the practical, where they will be immersed within a world- evidence-based approach to conservation renowned species and habitat restoration that is the hallmark of Durrell and MWF, programme, spear-headed by MWF in alongside the international academic collaboration with Durrell. This exciting and reputation of DICE. You will learn through novel approach to postgraduate training hands-on practical training the cutting- will enable students to learn cutting-edge edge field techniques involved in conservation techniques and gain world- endangered species recovery and habitat class hands-on experience in the field. restoration. In addition you will learn the leadership, management and facilitation Distinctive Features skills you will need to run your own This unique programme, which will combine conservation projects. an academic qualification with intensive in situ fieldwork experience on Mauritius, Students will complete the programme will be administered as one of DICE’s equipped in the theory and practice of portfolio of postgraduate programmes in endangered species and habitat recovery, conservation science and management having acquired field experience in one within the School of Anthropology and of the world’s most successful species and Conservation. habitat restoration programmes.
Durrell is one of the foremost species The course will commence in April 2013 and conservation organisations in the world, applications are now being accepted. If you having recovered many endangered species are interested in this course please send us a from critically low numbers through intensive, letter of interest to [email protected] hands-on species management. Durrell therefore complements DICE’s academic credentials with its evidence-based species recovery efforts on the ground.
Both DICE and Durrell have a long-term partnership in conservation research and training with MWF, the organisation which has successfully led the recovery efforts for
35 Additional courses planned for 2013
Island species-led action Invasive species management Island Species-led Action (ISLA) is a ten Invasive Species Management (ISM) is day course with a specific focus on island a short course designed to give invasive conservation. It is designed to equip you species professionals the basic tools with the skills and understanding necessary required to plan effective invasive species to recover endangered species from management activities. It brings together immediate extinction and to plan for their lessons learned from the field in a range of long term recovery. situations in a concise and practical format.
The course is designed primarily for mid- The course is designed for invasive level conservation professionals, educators species workers, decision makers (policy, and researchers working on islands to management and planning), conservation conserve threatened species. It will also be practitioners and project planners working of interest to those wanting to develop their primarily on invasive plants and vertebrates understanding of island conservation and in terrestrial ecosystems around the world; endangered species recovery. To date the principles will also be applicable to aquatic course has been run on islands throughout invasive species and ecosystems. Particular the Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as in focus will be given to island systems. The the Caribbean. course has been run previously in Jersey, Samoa and Mauritius. Course location and dates for 2013 are Course location and dates for 2013 are yet to be confirmed, please contact us for yet to be confirmed, please contact us for further details. further details.
36 Additional courses planned for 2013
Amphibian conservation husbandry Conservation breeding and The Amphibian Conservation Husbandry husbandry of callitrichids (ACH) course is a short course designed Conservation Breeding and Husbandry to expose participants to the latest theory of Callitrichids is designed to equip and practice of amphibian husbandry. participants with the necessary skills Participants will be equipped to establish to successfully manage callitrichids in and manage captive populations and captivity. Durrell maintains a large and breeding programmes for some of the varied collection of these species and has world’s most threatened amphibians. decades of experience in their captive management and in-situ conservation. The ACH course is suitable for curators, keepers and veterinarians from zoos and The course is targeted at curators, keepers other institutions involved in the captive and veterinarians from zoos and other management of amphibians. By working institutions (e.g. universities) involved in the with local partners we are able to modify captive management and conservation of the course in order to target specific issues callitrichids. in the region. We have run the course in Jersey, Madagascar, Argentina, Sri Lanka We will be running this course in Colombia and Bolivia. at the start of 2013. Please contact us for further details. This course will be running both in Jersey and overseas in 2013. The overseas course location and dates for 2013 are yet to be confirmed, please contact us for further details.
37 Further and higher education
The conservation work at Durrell is state of the art and awe inspiring. It’s a real privilege to work with the staff here and watch the students develop throughout the course. Dr Jennie C Litten-Brown, Lecturer in Animal Science, University of Reading
This is a flexible programme designed to What is the course content? take full advantage of the unique animal As this is a programme designed to suit the collection on site and the conservation needs of the groups that attend, each course work being carried out by Durrell overseas is different. However, common topics include: and in Jersey. • Animal welfare and care • Reproduction, health and genetics Who is it for? • Animal nutrition The programme has been designed to • Animal behaviour target the post-18 age range of students • Reintroduction biology following certificate up to undergraduate • Habitat restoration level courses in animal management, • Intensive species management animal science and other conservation • Zoo biology oriented courses. Colleges and universities from the British Isles and Europe are the All courses involve behind the scenes primary audience for this programme, activities and tours within the animal though groups from further afield are collection and a chance to meet and learn encouraged to apply. By the end of a from animal staff. conservation programme students will have a critical understanding of the role zoos When and where will the courses run? play in conservation projects through the These custom-made courses can be run establishment and management of ex-situ throughout the year on request by university populations and in-situ conservation efforts. and college lecturers. Please contact us at Students will gain a greater appreciation [email protected] to discuss how we can of the range of careers in conservation create a bespoke course for your group. and what qualities and qualifications are required to succeed.
38 Durrell conservation learning network … the most important [aspect of the training] was the opportunity to be connected to one of the best networks of conservationists in the world. Claudio Padua, Brazil DESMAN course participant, 1984 (now Director of Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Brazil)
Peer learning is a proven mechanism for The DCLN offers: achieving conservation goals. The Durrell • Contact with fellow Durrell graduates Conservation Academy has created a • Contact with other professionals through conservation learning network (DCLN) for all Durrell the graduates from its training programme. • Discussion forums on hot topics or issues Through the DCLN, graduates are able to of concern gain professional support for their projects, • Opportunities for professional exchanges organisations and personal careers. and attachments with peers • Technical advice and support for all The network is internet based. However, aspects of conservation activities we appreciate that not all conservation • Mentoring of young professionals practitioners around the world have easy • Access to seed-funding to kick start access to the internet and computers. conservation projects DCLN also includes a programme of exchanges, attachments, the publication On completion of your course you will be of regular enews bulletins and an annual offered the opportunity to join the network. newsletter, Solitaire. www.durrell.org/network
39 Durrell’s international training programme has been made possible through the support of a great number of supporters and partners who give time, knowledge, equipment and donations. We wish to thank our long standing supporters especially, including the Whitley Animal Protection Trust, Richard Wilkinson, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Balcombe Trust, Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund and Lok Wan Tho Memorial Foundation.
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Front Cover: Black Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus) subject of a joint species recovery programme between Durrell and IPÊ (Instituto de Pesquisas Ecólogicas). Durrell is proud to have been associated with IPÊ since its very beginning in 1992, and continues to collaborate on field conservation and capacity building. Photo © Gregory Guida.
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