For our first international workshop in Malaysia, we invited Darryl MacKenzie of Proteus Wildlife Research Consultants to present the latest methods for modeling patterns and dynamics of species occurrence in a landscape while accounting for the imperfect detection of the species. Participants were introduced to the PRESENCE software package through worked examples, as well as some analyses using OpenBUGS software.
The 25 participants were mainly from conservation NGOs (WCS and WWF) and included people from Thailand, Lao PDR, India, Indonesia and Cambodia.