Course Spatial Conservation Planning with Marxan, July 13-17, Barcelona, Spain

[Melanie Colón]

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/>

 

 

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[Chris Merkord]

As of today there are some places still available for the course "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.