INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSES 2013
To provide relevant and responsive training programs, TREES focuses its regular course offerings on the recent trends and developments in climate change.
AGROFORESTRY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND SUSTAINABLE RURAL LIVELIHOODS
09 July - 05 August 2013 (4 weeks) US$4,000
The course equips participants with the knowledge and skills in planning, designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating agroforestry models/systems that are adaptive to global climate change, enhancing biodiversity conservation, and providing entrepreneurial sources of livelihood.
NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS UTILIZATION IN CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
06 August - 02 September 2013 US$4,000
The course provides participants with the knowledge, and skills on the utilization of non-timber forest products, and hands-on experiences on the propagation and utilization of non-wood raw materials vis-à-vis environment-friendly processing techniques.
COMMUNITY MAPPING AND PLANNING FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
20 August - 16 September 2013 (4 weeks) US$4,000
This course updates professionals who desire to become adept at encouraging local communities to adapt formal science with ethnoscience in mapping and planning for fragile environments.
GEOMATICS FOR IMPROVED DECISION-MAKING IN NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
03 September – 30 September 2013 (4 weeks) US$4,000
The course deals with set of technologies designed for data acquisition, analysis and decision-making including geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing (RS) and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).
DESIGNING FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER-RISK REDUCTION
15 October – 11 November 2013 (4 weeks) US$4,000
The course equips forest managers with state-of-the-art forest resources management concepts, tools, methodologies and strategies in the context of changing climate and its impacts on forest ecosystems and local communities.
BUILDING INSTITUTIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION
05 November – 02 December 2013 (4 weeks) US$4,000
The course develops participants’ capability to build, initiate, facilitate, coordinate, and promote strategies, tools, and programs to ensure rural development in forest zones and fragile habitats constantly challenged by changing climates and priorities.
For more details, please contact
The Director
TRAINING CENTER FOR TROPICAL RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS SUSTAINABILITY (TREES)
College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Tel. No.: +(63 49) 536-2736 Tel./Fax: +(63 49) 536-2639
Email: trees@uplb.edu.ph or trees.uplb@gmail.com
