University of Colorado Boulder - Primate Conservation
- Offered byCoursera
Primate Conservation at Coursera Overview
Duration | 11 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course |
Credential | Certificate |
Primate Conservation at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a shareable certificate upon completion.
- Flexible deadlines according to your schedule.
Primate Conservation at Coursera Course details
- We are presently facing a potential extinction crisis for the order Primates (and many other life forms). In this course we will learn about threats to primate conservation globally. We will be using the, ?Primates in Peril: The World?s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2018-2020? by Schwitzer et al. (2019) as a basis for the discussion of global primate populations. We will investigate conservation status, threats to conservations, success and failures within protecting our closest evolutionary cousins.
Primate Conservation at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction to Conservation & Conservation Concerns
1.1 Course Introduction
1.2 Primate Diversity
1.3 Primate Taxonomy
1.4 Primate Habitats
1.5 What is conservation?
Quiz for Module 1
How We Define Threats
2.1 Introduction to the IUCN
2.2 IUCN Criteria for Threatened Taxa
2.3 Overview of Conservation Concerns
2.4 Hunting
2.5 Deforestation
2.6 Non-Forest Timber Products / Traditional Medicine
2.7 Illegal Animal Trade
2.8 Protected Areas
Impending Extinction Crisis of the World's Primates: Why Primates Matter
Quiz for Module 2
Exploring Primates throughout Various Regions
3.1 Introduction to Module 3
3.2 Neotropics
3.3 Species in Asia
3.4 Species in Africa
3.5 Madagascar -- A Natural Laboratory!
3.6 Other Species for Consideration
Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2018-2020
Quiz for Module 3
Conservation Organizations
4.1 Introduction to Conservation Organizations
4.2 Define In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation Efforts
4.3 Conservation Organizations and What You Can Do!
Quiz for Module 4
Case Study: Vietnam
5.1 Introduction to the Case Study
5.2 Primate Biodiversity of Vietnam
5.3 Threats to Primates in Vietnam
5.4 Conservation Stories
5.5 Some Concluding Thoughts
Primates of Vietnam: Conservation in a Rapidly Developing Country
Module 5 Quiz