Environment
Integrated Training Programme for Nature Reserve Management
A capacity-building programme for nature reserve staff at three levels: rangers and new administrative staff, specialists and researchers, and heads of department. Designed to meet national and international commitments on biodiversity conservation, and delivered to one hundred rangers in one of the royal reserves.
Overview
About the programme
A capacity-building programme for nature reserve staff at three levels: rangers and new administrative staff, specialists and researchers, and heads of department. Designed to meet national and international commitments on biodiversity conservation, and delivered to one hundred rangers in one of the royal reserves.
Duration
Three levels: 3 to 5 weeks per level
Delivery
Training hall · Virtual · At your premises
Language
Arabic or English
Objectives
What trainees will gain
- Build the capacity of staff working in biodiversity conservation, nature reserves and world heritage.
- Improve skills in protecting and managing natural and cultural resources and in using them sustainably to support tourism and local community livelihoods.
- Develop field skills in planning, monitoring, inspection and awareness-raising.
- Use GIS and modern technologies, understand environmental legislation and how it is enforced, and communicate with the public and partners.
Content
What the programme covers
Component 1: Biodiversity principles and concepts
- Biodiversity concepts and fundamentals, international conventions and national legislation, principles of monitoring and surveillance, ecosystem services, field reporting, the Red List and Key Biodiversity Areas.
Component 2: Core fieldwork skills
- Protecting vegetation and wildlife, field survival skills, first aid, GPS use, enforcing regulations in the field, planning routine patrols, and handling injured and dead animals.
Component 3: Natural resource management in reserves
- Protected area planning and international management categories; international designations: World Heritage, Man and the Biosphere (MAB), Ramsar and Geoparks; management effectiveness assessment; Green List standards; vegetation and wildlife monitoring methodologies; environmental impact assessment of reserve activities; and economic planning.
Component 4: Local community development and participation
- Stakeholder engagement, development of communities around reserves, environmental awareness and education, natural resource governance, economic valuation of community benefits, and traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights.
Component 5: Geographic information systems and modern technologies
- Introduction to QGIS and ArcGIS, spatial analysis, map production and statistical analysis, NDVI, SAVI and LDN analyses, flash flood risk analysis, drones in environmental monitoring, navigation with map and compass, and wildlife tracking data.
Component 6: Ecotourism and visitor management
- Public communication skills, managing visitors and their impacts, designing sustainable ecotourism programmes, and assessing visitor impact and satisfaction.
Field component
- Practical days at each level: environmental monitoring, working with GPS, compass and drones, survival skills, environmental impact assessment, routine patrols and reporting. Each level ends with a graduation project presented to an evaluation panel.
Who for
Target audience
Level 1: rangers, administrative staff and new employees. Level 2: specialists and researchers in environment, tourism and local communities. Level 3: department managers.
Method
How it is delivered
Interactive lectures, workshops, field training, case studies and role play, with weekly assessment, an applied project and a graduation project. All courses are delivered in Arabic.
A programme tailored to your organisation
The duration and topics of the programme are adjusted to the organisation's needs, and it is delivered at its site, in a training hall arranged by the Center, or virtually.