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Biodiversity Conservation Society Sarawak
Pertubuhan Konservasi Biodiversiti Sarawak
Upcoming Events / Workshops
Boot Camp on Wildlife Study Design and Data Analysis
Registration Open – Boot Camp on Wildlife Study Design and Data Analysis! We are excited to announce an upcoming Boot Camp on Wildlife Study Design and Data Analysis in Terengganu, Malaysia. If you’re interested in refining your skills in wildlife research and statistical analysis, this is a great opportunity to learn and collaborate! Venue: […]
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Read More & CommentPast workshops involving BCSS
Since 2009 we have run 49 Boot Camps in 13 countries. Almost 800 people from 37 countries have attended a Boot Camp at least once, many coming more than once. In addition, we have run 36 short workshops on specialist aspects of wildlife data analysis, 6 of them facilitated by international experts.
We have started to build up an international team of instructors. Our partners include WCS, WWF, FFI, HarimauKita, WildTeam, UWICER, SCB, ATBC, Conservation Leadership Programme, Friends of Nature, and universities and government agencies in the region. Details below;
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Read More & CommentDecember 2024, Boot Camp at The Everly Hotel, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
After the successful outing in Sarawak, we travelled to Putrajaya to shared our knowledge with the parks and wildlife staff in Peninsular. We had 22 participants, all were staff from Department of Wildlife and National Park (DWNP). Most of them were senior staff. Thanks to Department of Wildlife and National Park (DWNP)-Wildlife Conservation Division, and […]
Read More & CommentOctober 2024 Boot Camp at IBEC, UNIMAS, Sarawak
Another successful workshop organized by Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (IBEC). This is Institute’s initiative to provide her PG students with opportunities and financial supports (in-kind) specifically on scientific communication skills and data analyses. We had 19 participants, comprising postgraduate students and staff from IBEC, UNIMAS. Thanks to Prof Azlan, Dr. Jongkar and the […]
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Read More & CommentSeptember 2024 Boot Camp at SFC HQ, Kuching, Sarawak
After the successful outing to Myanmar, we played a home match in Kuching. Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC), the parks and wildlife agency for Sarawak, had a number of staff who wanted to attend the Boot Camp, and management helped to set it up. Twelve of the 11 participants were SFC staff. Thanks to SFC managers […]
Read More & CommentAugust 2024 Boot Camp at Yangon, Myanmar.
Our second workshop in Myanmar was at Yangon, run in cooperation with FFI Myanmar and WWF Myanmar. The Boot Camp, held at the Regancy Office in Yangon from August 12 to 23, 2024, aimed to equip participants with practical skills in wildlife data analysis using R statistical software. A total of 26 participants from seven […]
Read More & Comment3-Day Workshop on Multiple Species Occupancy Modelling (MSOM) and Spatially Explicit Capture-Recapture Using JAGS in R Software.
3-Day Workshop on Multiple Species Occupancy Modelling (MSOM) and Spatially Explicit Capture-Recapture Using JAGS in R Software on 14th, 15th, and 16th May 2024. This is specialist workshop aimed to enhanced researchers analyzing skills. Training Block, Kelampayan, Sarawak Forestry Corporation, Lot 218, Kcld, Jalan Sungai Tapang, Kota Sentosa, 93250 Kuching, Sarawak. All 11 participants […]
Read More & CommentMar 2024, Boot Camp in Wildlife Study Design and Data Analysis, Malaysia.
Our intensive 10-day Boot Camp on Wildlife Study Design and Data Analysis, from February 28th to March 10th, 2024, at Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia was another successful workshop. This international workshop has participants from not only Malaysia, but Vietnam and Laos. 30 people have signed up for this, including Sunway University […]
Read More & CommentJanuary 8 – 12, 2024. Applied Hierarchical Modelling of Species Distribution and Abundance with R package unmarked and spOccupancy Workshop.
Another International Specialist Workshop on Applied Hierarchical Modelling of Species Distribution and Abundance with R package unmarked and spOccupancy Workshop was at Knowledge Exchange for Innovation Center, King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand. This International Specialist Workshop dedicated to our founder Uncle Mike Meredith. This workshop attracted 33 participants from universities and NGO around […]
Read More & CommentJuly 10-21, 2023. “Boot Camp” in wildlife study design and data analysis.
The Conservation Ecology Program at King’s Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) was successfully organized 10-day Bootcamp in Wildlife Study Design and Data Analysis. The twenty four participants were mostly associated with KMUTT, but included folks from other Thai universities, WWF, FoW, FFI, WCS, Royal Commision of Alula Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Cambodia. Instructor […]
Read More & CommentDISTANCE Workshop – Elephant Density Estimation. Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Malaysia
The intention to hold a workshop began since early 2022, after discussing the workshop planning with Mike, the Data Analysis Workshop was held for 2 days on 14 and 15 November 2022. There are 17 participants, 3 postgraduates’ students from UMS, 2 from Sabah Wildlife Department (Kinabatangan Branch), 2 from CERT Telupid, 1 from Göttingen […]
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Read More & CommentAugust 2022 Boot Camp at UNIMAS, Sarawak
When we advertised the May Boot Camp held at SFC HQ, we had more applicants than we could accommodate, enough in fact for two Boot Camps in Sarawak. The second was held at UNIMAS in August. We had 21 participants, 7 each from UNIMAS and from SFC, 3 from WWF-Malaysia, and 4 from overseas: Bangladesh, […]
Read More & CommentJuly 2022 Boot Camp at College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka, Tanzania
We had been discussing plans for a workshop at CAWM since 2018, but the cost of flights between Malaysia and Tanzania were an obstacle. And then came Covid! In 2022 the ISEC conference was held in South Africa, so we grabbed the chance to go to Tanzania after the conference, and hence spread the cost […]
Read More & CommentMay 2022 Boot Camp at SFC HQ, Kuching, Sarawak
After the successful outing to Sunway, we played a home match in Kuching. Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC), the parks and wildlife agency for Sarawak, had a number of staff who wanted to attend the Boot Camp, and management helped to set it up. Twelve of the 20 participants were SFC staff, with the others coming […]
Read More & CommentMarch 2022 Boot Camp at Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur
After two full years with no workshops of any kind thanks to Covid 19, and with some restrictions still in force in Malaysia, we made a tentative start with a Boot Camp at Sunway again. We kept it small, with only 15 participants and used a big function room at the University, so we had […]
Read More & CommentFebruary 2020 Boot Camp at Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur
Our Boot Camp at Sunway seems to be an annual event now. Again it was fully booked, with a big group from Universiti Putra Malaysia, and many from overseas, including Cambodia, India and Indonesia. Instructor team: Wee, Khalis, Chris, Elan, Ngumbang and Mike.
Read More & CommentJanuary 2020 Boot Camp at UNIMAS, Sarawak
We began 2020 by revisiting UNIMAS, where we had last run a workshop in 2013. It was amazing to think how much the Boot Camp has changed since then! We had 23 participants, with a strong contingent of UNIMAS postgrads as well as researchers from other organizations in Sarawak, Sabah, and as far away as […]
Read More & CommentSeptember 2019 Boot Camp at Bumthang, Bhutan
For our third Boot Camp in Bhutan organised by UWICER we returned to their campus at Lamai Goempa, Bumthang, close to 3000m in the Himalayas. We had a full complement of 24 participants, mostly UWICER or Forest Department but with folks from Bangladesh, India and Nepal. The workshop was funded by the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre. Instructor team: Tashi […]
Read More & CommentSeptember 2019 – Elf Camp (BCSS instructors’ workshop) in Bhutan
Our first Elf Camp outside Malaysia was hosted by UWICER at their campus in Bumthang. This time we targeted potential instructors from South Asia. Most participants were from Bhutan – which is good as they have long term plans for this kind of training – and also from Nepal, Myanmar, Singapore. We talked about how people learn, […]
Read More & CommentAugust 2019 Boot Camp at Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand
SUT hosted another Thai workshop this year, with logistics provided by Sakaerat Field Station. Participants included researchers from Sakaerat, Free the Bears, and Sintas Foundation (Indonesia), as well as postgrad students from SUT, KMUTT, Mahidol, Batambang and Naresuan Universities in Thailand, and Florida, Singapore and SE Norway Universities. Instructor team: Ngumbang, Lukmann (Bob), Colin.
Read More & CommentJuly 2019 Boot Camp at University of Mandalay, Myanmar
Our first workshop in Myanmar was at Mandalay University, run in cooperation with FFI Myanmar, WWF Myanmar and BANCA (Biodiversity And Nature Conservation Association). We had faculty and postgrads from Mandalay, Yangon and Pathein Universities and National University of Singapore; researchers from FFI, WWF and BANCA; and government staff. Instructor team: Ngumbang, Dusit, Colin.
Read More & CommentJanuary 2019 Boot Camp at Sunway University, Selangor, Malaysia
In January 2019 we were back at Sunway University. for our annual Boot Camp in Kuala Lumpur. The 23 participants included 6 from universities in Philippines and others from Indonesia and Singapore. Researchers from government, WWF and WCS also came. Instructor team: Ngumbang, Win Sim, Chris, Wee, Elan, Pang and Mike.
Read More & CommentNovember 2018 Simulations and Modelling with R in Singapore
This was a 6-day workshop organised at the National University of Singapore by members of the Biology Department. We had 16 participants, mostly with some connection to NUS with a wide range of research interests beyond the classic topics of animal distribution and abundance. During the first 3 days we covered the basics of simulations […]
Read More & CommentOctober 2018 Boot Camp in Nepal
Our first Boot Camp in Nepal was organised by Friends of Nature Nepal with financial support from USAID funded Hariyo Ban Program through WWF Nepal. We were based at Bojinee Nagarkot Resort, on a hillside about 1 hour from Kathmandu. We had 24 participants, mostly Nepali but with folks from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and US. Instructor team: Jeevan, […]
Read More & CommentSeptember 2018 Bayes with JAGS at Bumthang, Bhutan
After Boot Camps in Bhutan in 2016 and 2017, we ran an advanced workshop in 2018, and almost all the participants had attended a Boot Camp previously. We had 16 participants: 7 from Bhutan and the rest from other SAARC countries. The workshop was hosted by UWICER with funding from the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre. Instructor team: Ngumbang, […]
Read More & CommentAugust 2018 Boot Camp at Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand
Another Boot Camp using the excellent facilities of SUT, with the support of the Sakaerat Field Station. We had 22 participants, with a big contingent from SUT and Sakaerat and other Thai universities, but others from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Tanzania. Instructor team: Colin, Dusit, Jeevan, Ngumbang, Shyamala and Mike.
Read More & CommentJune 2018 Boot Camp at Kuching, Malaysia, pre-ATBC meeting workshop
The ATBC held their global meeting in Kuching in July 2018, and we ran a Boot Camp as a pre-meeting activity. The venue was the Harbour View Hotel in down-town Kuching. We had 22 participants from a wide range of counties, mostly coming for the ATBC meeting, but with several from UNIMAS. Instructor team: Chee […]
Read More & CommentMarch 2018 GIS with QGIS and R in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Spatial data are key to much of wildlife science, but most GIS training involves expensive proprietary software, so in this workshop we use the free QGIS program. We also see how spatial information can be prepared in QGIS and transferred to R for model fitting, and the result then imported back into QGIS. Instructor team: […]
Read More & CommentMarch 2018 Data Exploration and Display with R in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The raw data entered in a spreadsheet will always need checking and likely reformatting before it can be used in R or other statistical software. Some of this is best done with spreadsheet tools, some can be done in R. We spent the first two days working with participants own data sets to get them […]
Read More & CommentMarch 2018 Bayes with JAGS in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
During the Boot Camp we give a grounding in the basics of Bayesian statistics, but to apply this to real biological models we need to get to grips with JAGS. So the JAGS workshop is the next stage. For this workshop we had a small group with folks from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Singapore as […]
Read More & CommentJanuary 2018 Boot Camp at Sunway University, Selangor, Malaysia
Our 2018 workshop in Kuala Lumpur was hosted by Sunway University. We had over 20 participants, mostly field researchers from WCS, Pelindung and WWF together with postgrad students at Sunway. Several of the participants in the instructors’ workshop stayed on to help with the Boot Camp, so we had a strong instructor team: Ngumbang, Chris, Areth, […]
Read More & Commentanuary 2018 – Elf Camp (BCSS instructors’ workshop) in Kuala Lumpur
Once again we had 12 participants for the 5-day “Elf Camp”, including team members from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal and Thailand, The workshop covered the factors affecting learning, a framework for designing lessons, and facilitation techniques. All participants had a chance to practice teaching one of the Boot Camp units, and this led to useful […]
Read More & CommentDecember 2017 Boot Camp in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Last year we had a small group for the Kuching Boot Camp, so we were surprised to get over 20 participants this year. The workshop was hosted by Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak and we had participants from UNIMAS, WCS, WWF, as well as UPM and Sunway University. Instructor team: Ngumbang, Sri, Mike.
Read More & CommentSeptember 2017 Boot Camp at Gelephu, Bhutan
Our second Boot Camp in Bhutan organised by UWICER took place at the Regional Centre for Tiger and Cats Research at Gelephu, in the lowlands at the foot of the Himalayas. Most of the participants were Bhutan government staff – UWICER or Forest Department – but 10 people from NGOs and universities in Bangladesh, Nepal and India […]
Read More & CommentAugust 2017 Boot Camp at Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand
In August 2017 we were back in Thailand, this time for a Boot Camp organised by Suranaree University of Technology (SUT) from 28 Aug to 9 Sept. The 20 participants were mostly postgrads from SUT or KMUTT, but included participants from other universities, ZSL Thailand, and India. Support came from SUT, while Sakaerat Environmental Research Station kindly provided accommodation […]
Read More & CommentJuly 2017 Bayes with JAGS in Bangkok, Thailand
The Conservation Ecology Program at KMUTT organised this 10-day intermediate-level workshop on using JAGS software for Bayesian modelling of wildlife data, in particular the use of hierarchical models for regression, occupancy, capture-recapture, and biological communities. The twenty participants were mostly associated with KMUTT, but included folks from other Thai universities, Bangladesh, China, Singapore, and UK. Instructor team: […]
Read More & CommentApril 2017 Boot Camp at XTBG, China
In association with ATBC and the Xishuanbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens, we ran a Boot Camp as a post-event workshop after the ATBC-Asia Pacific regional meeting. The participants were mostly based at XTBG, though from a wide range of countries and backgrounds. In addition, we had researchers from the Zoology and Botanical Institutes in Kunming. Instructor team: Ngumbang, Dusit, […]
Read More & CommentJanuary 2017 – Multispecies Occupancy Modelling with Marc Kéry
This was a 6-day workshop with the first half spent reviewing Bayesian analysis of occupancy data with JAGS, and the second half devoted to Multispecies Occupancy models. We were pleased to welcome Marc Kéry of the Swiss Ornithological Institute back to Malaysia for his second workshop with us.
Read More & CommentDecember 2016 Boot Camp in Kuala Lumpur
Our annual Boot Camp in Kuala Lumpur took place in December 2016 instead of January 2017, as Chinese New Year fell in January. Perhaps as a result, we only had a small number of participants. We used the facilities of Akademi Hevea again. Instructor team: Ngumbang, Elan, Win Sim, Mike.
Read More & CommentNovember 2016 Boot Camp in Kuching
We were only expecting a small group for the Kuching Boot Camp, so we booked the conference room at Sama Jaya Forest Park, which can only take 16. In the end, we had to turn away a couple of people. Most people were postgrads at UNIMAS, but staff from WCS, WWF, SFC and Borsamulu were […]
Read More & CommentOctober 2016 Boot Camp in Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Our second Boot Camp in Indonesia was organised by the HarimauKita Forum with major support from WCS and FFI. It was held at the Oasis training centre on the slopes of Mount Merapi, just outside Jogjakarta. The 19 participants were mostly field researchers with NGOs, government or industry. As you can see from the photo, HarimauKita produced a spectacular t-shirt […]
Read More & CommentSeptember 2016 Boot Camp in Bhutan
Our first Bhutan Boot Camp was hosted by the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) at their main campus at Bumthang, almost 3,000m up in the Himalayas. The group of 21 included folks from Bangladesh, India and Nepal. The Bhutanese participants were government staff from protected areas or UWICE’s own researchers. Instructor team: Ngumbang, Fen, […]
Read More & CommentJuly 2016 Boot Camp in Singapore
We ran a Boot Camp at the National University of Singapore as a post-conference event following the joint ATBC-SCB ConservationAsia conference. Instructor team: Ngumbang, Lukmann (“Bob”), Mike.
Read More & CommentJuly 2016 – Graphics with R and GIS using QGIS and R in Bangkok
These were two back-to-back five-day workshops organised by the Conservation Ecology Program at KMUTT, and most participants came to both workshops. They were postgrads or lecturers from universities throughout Thailand. Instructor team: Ngumbang, Fen, Dusit, Mike.
Read More & CommentApril 2016 Boot Camp at Baluran NP, Indonesia
We have had lots of Indonesians at our workshops in Malaysia, but this was our first foray into Indonesia. It was organised by Copenhagen Zoo, who have a project at Baluran National Park, at the NE tip of Java. Participants were field researchers working with NGOs (WCS, WWF, FFI, ZSL) or National Parks. Instructor team: Ngumbang, Sylvia, […]
Read More & CommentMarch 2016 – Bayes with JAGS and GIS with QGIS and R in Kuala Lumpur
Back-to-back 5-day workshops were held at the ATCEN training centre in Petaling Jaya. The GIS workshop was full – a squeeze with 20 participants plus 3 trainers in ATCEN’s training room. The JAGS workshop attracted only 10 people, but an important one as it was the first JAGS workshop since the revamping of the “Bayes […]
Read More & CommentJanuary 2016 Boot Camp in Kuala Lumpur
This Boot Camp had a very international flavour. Apart from lots of Malaysians and our neighbours from Indonesia and Singapore, we had participants from India, Hong Kong, Guam, Oman, and South Africa. Instructor team: Ngumbang, Horng, Sri, Win Sim, Fen, Mike
Read More & CommentDecember 2015 – Elf Camp (BCSS instructors’ workshop) in Kuala Lumpur
We had 12 participants for the 5-day “Elf Camp” plus Ian Signer, Ngumbang and Mike as facilitators. The first 2 days were devoted to learning principles, a framework for assessing lessons, and questioning techniques. Most of the time in the last 3 days was taken by practice lessons run by participants followed by feedback from […]
Read More & CommentNovember 2015 Boot Camp in Terengganu, Malaysia
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) hosted this Boot Camp. It was a big group: 24 participants, including a lot of UMT postgrads and wildlife researchers from Singapore and Sabah and Sarawak. Fortunately we had a good local team of assistant instructors. Instructor team: Ngumbang, Fen, Mike, assisted by Reuben, Sam, Sri, Wai Yee.
Read More & CommentSeptember 2015 Boot Camp and Simulations and Modelling with R in Khulna, Bangladesh
WildTeam invited us to Bangladesh to run these workshops as part of their USAID-funded Bagh activity. The 21 Boot Camp participants included WildTeam staff and people from government and academia in Bangladesh, as well as from Bhutan, India and Nepal. Khulna is the jumping-off point for tourist visits to the Sundarbans, so WildTeam kindly laid on a […]
Read More & CommentJuly 2015 – Simulations and Modelling with R in Bangkok, Thailand
This was a 4-day workshop organised by the Conservation Ecology Program at KMUTT just after the Boot Camp, and involving some of the same participants. Instructor team: Ngumbang, Sylvia, Mike.
Read More & CommentJuly 2015 Boot Camp in Bangkok, Thailand
This was the second Boot Camp we ran for the Conservation Ecology Program at KMUTT. Most of the 20 participants were from KMUTT, with a few from other universities in Thailand and Myanmar. This time we had a new “Bayes first” approach to the Boot Camp: we introduce Bayesian concepts on Day 1 and leave the usual […]
Read More & CommentApril 2015 – Asking Social Science questions in conservation with Freya St John and Aidan Keane
Dr Freya St. John of the University of Kent and Dr Aidan Keane of Edinburgh University led this workshop, focusing on the use of questionnaire surveys in relation to wildlife conservation, but also placing this research in the context of social science. A key component was the use of special methods to elicit information on sensitive or illegal activities.
Read More & CommentMarch 2015 Boot Camp in Phnom Penh
The 2015 Annual Meeting of the ATBC Asia-Pacific Region was held in Phnom Penh, and they hosted a Boot Camp as a pre-meeting event. We had a full complement of 20 participants; mostly people based in Cambodia, but with people from Malaysia and Indonesia too. Instructor team: Ngumbang, Joshua, Mike.
Read More & CommentJanuary 2015 Graphics with R, Simulations and Modelling, and Basic Bayes in Kuala Lumpur
In January 2015 we ran three 4-day specialist workshops at the ATCEN training centre in Petaling Jaya. Twenty people took part in all, though they did not all attend all three sessions.
Read More & CommentDecember 2014 Boot Camp in Kuala Lumpur
This was a major gathering! We had planned a trainer-training workshop immediately before the Boot Camp, but the key resource person for that, Ian Signer, injured his knee and could not travel. So we had 7 trainee-trainers in the room, as well as 21 participants and 3 trainers.
Read More & CommentAugust 2014 Boot Camp at Semenyih, Malaysia
The 2014 regional meeting for Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) was held in Malacca. We ran a post-meeting Boot Camp at the University of Nottingham Campus at Semenyih, just south of Kuala Lumpur. This was quite an international group: mostly Malaysians, but also people from India, Thailand, Japan, UK, Bangladesh, and Philippines.
Read More & CommentJuly 2014 Boot Camp in Bangkok
This was our first workshop organised by the Conservation Ecology Program at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, just south of Bangkok. Most of the 23 participants were KMUTT people, but also other universities in Thailand as well as government and WCS Thailand. Our July workshops at KMUTT were to become an annual event.
Read More & CommentFebruary 2014 – Introductory Bayesian population analysis using WinBUGS and JAGS with Marc Kéry
Dr Marc Kéry of the Swiss Ornithological Institute gave us a gentle introduction to the Bayesian analysis of a broad array of model classes relevant to population ecologists. The content was based on selections of his two existing books, Introduction to WinBUGS for ecologists and Bayesian population analysis co-authored with Michael Schaub, and an upcoming book being written with Andy Royle.
Read More & CommentFebruary 2014 Basic Bayes in Kuala Lumpur
Just before Marc Kery’s BAWP workshop, we ran a 3-day Basic Bayes workshop to help people not already familiar with the Bayesian approach and software to get up to speed.
Read More & CommentFebruary 2012 – Species Distribution Modelling (SDM) with Jane Elith
Dr Jane Elith and Dr Joanne Potts of University of Melbourne (Australia) led our third international workshop, which featured the use of R packages to prepare data sets and generation of models using both MaxEnt and regression methods, including Boosted Regression Trees (BRT). The 30 participants were mostly from Malaysian conservation NGOs, universities and government agencies, […]
Read More & CommentMarch 2011 – Wildlife density estimation with Spatially Explicit Capture-Recapture (SECR) with Murray Efford
For our second international workshop, we invited Dr Murray Efford of the University of Otago (NZ) to join us in KL. Murray is the author of program DENSITY and the ‘secr’ package for R software. He introduced the theory of SECR as well as showing participants how to use his ‘products’. There was also a brief discussion […]
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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 […]
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Microsoft is a global technology company known for shaping the modern digital experience. From its iconic Windows operating system to the versatile Microsoft Office suite, the company has provided tools that support both personal productivity and enterprise innovation. Visit the official website at microsoft.com to explore its offerings. Microsoft has also become a major player […]
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