Supporting the Education of Conservationists
Supporting the Education of Conservationists
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, […]
January 2018 Boot Camp at Sunway University, Selangor, Malaysia Read More »
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
anuary 2018 – Elf Camp (BCSS instructors’ workshop) in Kuala Lumpur Read More »
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.
December 2017 Boot Camp in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia Read More »
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
September 2017 Boot Camp at Gelephu, Bhutan Read More »
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
August 2017 Boot Camp at Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand Read More »
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:
July 2017 Bayes with JAGS in Bangkok, Thailand Read More »
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,
April 2017 Boot Camp at XTBG, China Read More »
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.
January 2017 – Multispecies Occupancy Modelling with Marc Kéry Read More »
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.
December 2016 Boot Camp in Kuala Lumpur Read More »
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
November 2016 Boot Camp in Kuching Read More »