Conserving and restoring tropical forest landscapes offers an opportunity to address pressing environmental and social challenges. Effective conservation and restoration initiatives support multiple objectives, including ecosystem functioning, climate change mitigation and adaptation, food security, and economic growth.
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Tropical Forest Landscapes 101: Conservation & Restoration
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Beginner Level
Approx. 20 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: English
What you will learn
(1) Fundamentals of tropical forest landscape management
(2) Conservation & restoration strategies
(3) Funding conservation & restoration
Skills you will gain
- Reforestation
- Conservation Science
- Agroforestry
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Beginner Level
Approx. 20 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: English
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Yale University
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
3 hours to complete
Why conserve and restore tropical forest landscapes?
Welcome to the course! In this module, we will begin exploring what tropical forest landscapes are and why they are important. We will also discuss threats to forest landscapes and motivations for conserving and restoring them.
3 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 38 min), 7 readings, 2 quizzes
3 hours to complete
Ecology of tropical forest landscapes
In this module, we will examine tropical forests from an ecological lens. Understanding how natural ecological processes work will lay the groundwork for knowing how to develop effective conservation and restoration techniques, which we will cover in later modules.
3 hours to complete
9 videos (Total 58 min), 4 readings, 4 quizzes
3 hours to complete
Social considerations for restoration and conservation
Now that we have examined the ecological forces that shape tropical forest landscapes, we will shift our focus to people. In this module, we will consider how people are affected by and affect tropical forest landscapes and how considering local access to resources is a pivotal consideration when considering effective, equitable interventions.
3 hours to complete
13 videos (Total 71 min), 6 readings, 2 quizzes
3 hours to complete
Conservation strategies
In this module, we will look at some fundamental conservation concepts. At its core, conservation involves protecting existing habitat or forest cover, but selecting where to prioritize protection, is more complicated. Conservation decisions depend on a suite of considerations, such as how one measures biodiversity, how one considers changes in the landscape over time, and how conservation affects other goals, such as ecosystem function.
3 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 56 min), 4 readings, 4 quizzes
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