Wildlife around the world are increasingly heading toward
extinction. One method governments use to avert this extinction
crisis is to create threatened species recovery plans that outline
what we know about a species and how we can keep it alive into
the future. This course will develop your understanding of the
ecology and management of wildlife via the creation of a species
recovery plan. Students will work in groups to identify why
recovery plans are important, and then to collect the information
necessary on their chosen taxa to compile a recovery plan. In
doing so, students will develop skills on species identification and
survey methods to ensure they can make appropriate
recommendations in their recovery plans. Students will
summarise published data on their focal species and related taxa
to generate sections of their recovery plan on the species ecology
and evolutionary history, unique adaptations, threatening
processes and fully costed management solutions