PacMARA will be holding workshops on Marxan (a conservation planning tool), in Nairobi May 13-15. From their announcement:
This two-day hands-on technical course will provide participants with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to use Marxan in a marine conservation planning exercise. The following topics are covered in the Introduction to Marxan:
- Key concepts in systematic conservation planning
- Creating planning units
- Creating the essential Marxan input files
- Parameter setting in Marxan
- Understanding and using Marxan results
- Zonae Cogito (front-end software to support Marxan)
- A brief introduction to Marxan with Zones
We will be holding an Introduction to Marxan Course on 13-14 May and a Marxan for Managers Workshop on 15 May in Nairobi, Kenya at the office of the African Wildlife Foundation. Please register here: http://pacmara.org/events-workshops or contact us at info@pacmara.org or 778-300-1801 for more information or to suggest future courses. More information on the course and workshop is provided below.