Conservation Standards - online intro training – fall 2024 courses

[James Goetz]

Good afternoon,

Great news: Vermont Center for Ecostudies is offering two online Conservation Standards courses this fall!

Details:

• The first fall course is coming up soon, 10-27 September. (Yes, this is short notice, but we thought it better to offer it with little notice than not to offer it at all.)
• The second course is scheduled for 22 October – 14 November.
• Thanks to funding from CEPF/CANARI, these courses are offered free of cost!
  
• We will offer these courses in English, but pending additional funding, will offer courses in Spanish and Haitian Creole in 2025.
• Two experienced instructors will work with participants in small groups (using Zoom, Mural and MiradiShare) to guide them through a series of hands-on exercises to help them learn Conservation Standards principles and practices.
• The course will span 7 formal sessions over 3.5 weeks.
• We follow the formal sessions up with independent exercises that will help you to take your conservation planning and adaptive management to the next level.
• Space is limited to 15 trainees for each course. 
• Although we have some flexibility, due to our funding from CEPF/CANARI, we must prioritize participants from CEPF target countries in the insular Caribbean:
• Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and St Vincent & the Grenadines, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
• Trainees from civil society organizations, especially organizations that have multiple applicants.
  
• People who fill out the application form first.

If interested, what do you need to do?

1. Fill out this quick google form for contact info, etc.

2. Fill out this quick when2meet poll so we can offer classes at the best time to match everyone's busy schedules.

We'll follow up with respondents soon. 

We hope to see you in September or October! 

-Jim Goetz

Jim Goetz (he/him) 

Coordinator, International Bicknell's Thrush Conservation Group

Coordinator, VCE Caribbean Conservation Program

Vermont Center for Ecostudies

Mailing address: PO Box 420, Norwich, VT 05055
Physical address: 20 Palmer Court, White River Junction, VT 05001
Phone: (802) 649-1431 ext. 220