Transmitting Science, the ICP and the CRIP are offering a new course in Barcelona province which might be of your interest:

 

"SPATIAL CONSERVATION PLANNING WITH MARXAN", August 18-22, Barcelona, Spain. Instructors: Dr. Ayesha Tulloch and Msc Vivitskaia Tulloch (University of Queensland, Australia). 35 hours on-site.

PLACE:  Facilities of the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica, Els Hostalets de Pierola,  Barcelona (Spain).

Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel  Crusafont and the Centre of Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica of Els Hostalets de Pierola.

More information:  http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/eco/spatial-con-marxan/  or  writing to [log in to unmask]

Marxan (Ian Ball and Hugh Possingham, 2000) is a software program used to support the design of marine and terrestrial reserves worldwide. Using Marxan, planners can identify an efficient system of conservation sites that include a suite of biodiversity targets at a minimal cost. Marxan provides a unique method for designing reserves that is systematic and repeatable. This course will provide participants with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to use Marxan in the context of a marine conservation planning exercise. The following topics are covered in the Introduction to Marxan: Key concepts in systematic conservation planning, creation of planning units, creation of essential Marxan input files with GIS software, parameter setting in Marxan, understanding and using Marxan results, Zonae Cogito (front-end software to support Marxan), using the Marxan.net cloud system, advanced planning using Marxan with Zones, incorporating uncertainty using Marxan with Probability.

Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you  consider it appropriate.

With best regards

Soledad De Esteban Trivigno, PhD.
Course Director
Transmitting Science
www.transmittingscience.org