Conservation and collection curation
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Title: Capacity building for the Global Taxonomy Initiative
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Belgian Consortium of Taxonomic Institutions, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences /
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/French
Content: seed money is available for institutions or individuals from developing countries in need of taxonomic and curatorial training.
Target level: PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: call open one to twice a year
Duration: 2 weeks to 2 months (training)
Main person responsible for the training:
E-mail of contact person:
URL: http://bch-cbd.naturalsciences.be/belgium/cooperation/projects/gti/eligible.htm
Title: African Biodiversity Centre Grants for scientific study visits
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Belgian Consortium of Taxonomic Institutions,
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/French
Content: focussed mostly on research and additional training where required: study of the RMCA collections and/or having access to the expertise of RMCA scientists.
Target level: PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: call open twice a year
Duration: 3-8 weeks
Main person responsible for the training:
E-mail of contact person:
URL: http://www.africamuseum.be/research/cooperation
Title: Individual and institutional capacity building in taxonomy and collection management
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French/English
Content: Global Taxonomy Initiative, biodiversity, species concepts, classification schools, cladistics, nomenclature, evolution, writing a taxonomic paper, taxonomic tools, financing, databases, convention on biological diversity, clearing-house mechanism
Target level: PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians, occasionally parataxonomists
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 1 week theoretical course + 1 to 5 weeks practical training
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Yves Samyn
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29 1000
E-mail of contact person: yves.samyn@naturalsciences.be
URL:
Title: Behoud en beheer van collecties / Conservation et gestion des collections
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): OFO/IFA,
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch/French
Content:Preventive conservation of collections: collection environment/storage/IPM/registration/documentation/handling/distaster planning/security. Collections: all type of collections (zoological collections, geology, books, photographical material, textile, paintings,...).
Target level: technicians
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 3.5-4.5 days
Main person responsible for the training: I. Van de Velde
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29
E-mail of contact person: Isa.Vandevelde@naturalsciences.be
URL:
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Ireland
Title:
(1) MSc in Biodiversity and conservation (2) PhD in Plant systematicsOrganising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content:
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates
Periodicity: on a regular basis and on demand
Duration: 60 ECTS for MSc, not specified for PhD
Main person responsible for the training: Prof. J. Parnell
Trinity College Dublin, School of Botany, Dublin 2, Ireland
E-mail of contact person: jparnell@tcd.ie
URL:
Title: CoBiD - Collections based biology in
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): National Museum of Ireland, Natural History in partnership with University College Dublin,
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science (lectures) and National Museum of Ireland - Natural History (practicals)
Language: English
Content:
Target level:
Periodicity:
Duration:
Main person responsible for the training: Ms. Julia Sigwart
E-mail of contact person: julia.sigwart@ucd.ie
URL: http://www.ucd.ie/zoology/museum/
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Netherlands
Title: Collections and research
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content:
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 3 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. M. Roos
E-mail of contact person: roos@nhn.leidenuniv.nl
URL: http://www.studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?c=17&t=3&q=aWQ9MTQ4ODA=&v=&k=14880
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Portugal
Title: MSc in Biodiversity and conservation
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Portuguese/English
Content: conservation genetics, policy and legislation of biodiversity, systematics and taxonomy, ecology of populations and communities, biological data bases and gis, man and biodiversity, management and conservation of biodiversity
Target level: undergraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 120 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Thomas Dellinger Graça Costa
CEM,
E-mail of contact person: g.costa@sapo.pt
URL: http://www.uma.pt/biologia
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Spain
Title: 2nd SYNTHESYS Course in management, conservation and care of natural history collections
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): SYNTHESYS European project Network Activities C and Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: challenges facing collections in the 21st century, legal and convention issues, collection management, development of collections care: strategy conservation management plans, collection assessment (practical exercise), collection documentation (data bases), coordination and communication of data, museum environment, storage, handling and control, loans
Target level: master level, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: as result of SYNTHESYS Project; during 2007 and 2008; we are trying to get fundings for organised on a regular basis
Duration: 5 days (40 hrs)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Simon Owens and Dr. Robert Huxley
E-mail of contact person: jbarreiro@mncn.csic.es
URL:
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United Kingdom
Title: International Diploma Course in herbarium techniques
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: The course offers two major elements: a structured course in herbarium techniques and management; an optional component relating to herbarium curation, plant identification, simple library management, devising of checklists, or plant illustration.
Target level: specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: every two years
Duration: 8 weeks
Main person responsible for the training:
E-mail of contact person: courses@kew.org
URL: http://www.kew.org/education/highered/index.html
Title: International Diploma Course in Plant conservation strategies
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: This course reviews the options open to the plant conservationist by assessing the techniques available - from protected area management, through to botanic gardens, seed banking and cryopreservation. Takes full account of all the provisions of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
Target level: specialists / professionals
Periodicity: every two years
Duration: 8 weeks
Main person responsible for the training:
E-mail of contact person: courses@kew.org
URL: http://www.kew.org/education/highered/index.html
Title: MSc / Mres in Biodiversity and conservation
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content:
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 1 year
Main person responsible for the training: Steve Compton
Faculty of biological sciences
E-mail of contact person:
URL: http://www.fbs.leeds.ac.uk/gradschool/BCMSc/
Title: Taxonomy and identification - a component of MSc Conservation ecology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content:
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 20 CAT
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. T Shreeve
School of
E-mail of contact person: tgshreeve@brookes.ac.uk
URL:
Title: MSc/Diploma in Ecological management and biological conservation
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Queen's University Belfast
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: introduction, community ecology, rapid biodiversity assessment, invasion biology, case studies, interpretation and critique of genetically-based information, environmental economics, biodiversity action plans, principles of environmental modeling, environmental impact assessments and legislation, databases, role of museums, reference/voucher collections, species identification projects, literature review, research project
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 1 year
Main person responsible for the training: M.P. Johnson
Queen's University
E-mail of contact person: m.johnson@qub.ac.uk
URL: http://www.qub.ac.uk/bb/research/ecology.html
Title: MSc in Biological recording: collection and management
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Field Studies Council
Language: English
Content: record management, vascular plant indentification, invertebrate identification, Bryophyte identification
Target level: postgraduates
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 2 years
Main person responsible for the training: Sarah Whild
University of Birmingham School of Biosciences,
E-mail of contact person: S.J.Whild@bham.ac.uk
URL:
Title: Conservation and utilisation of plant genetic resources (Applied taxonomy)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: taxonomic diversity, history of taxonomy, revision methodology, experimental taxonomy, taxonomic collections and management, operational taxonomic units, characters, taxonomic data analysis, biosystematics, phenetics, phylogenetics, cladistics, classification, taxonomic hierarchy, species concepts, nomenclature and citation, taxonomic databases, taxonomic database management systems, identification and field guide
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on a regular basis and on demand
Duration: 1 month (though flexible)
Main person responsible for the training: Nigel Maxted
E-mail of contact person: n.maxted@bham.ac.uk
URL: http://www.biosciences.bham.ac.uk/prospective/postgraduate/msccupr.htm
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