Field Ecology Course 

Training course

Free

ACEER works with the Peruvian scientific community in an effort to encourage a more complete and comprehensive environmental perspective that can lead to better management decisions as well as new insights into basic ecological functions. This program has operated in conjunction with the Organisation for Tropical Studies (OTS) /ACEER Field Ecology Course, and in conjunction with the Peruvian Amazon Research Institute. Participants are graduate level students or natural resource managers from across Latin America. Participants are introduced to basic software and its use including both vector-based and raster based systems. More sophisticated methodologies are taught depending on the needs of the participants. Other instruction includes:
• Image processing; data from satellite imagery and ground-based research.
• ARCVIEW; software with the capability to perform analytical functions.
• Watershed Analysis; for the delineation of watersheds and characteristics such as soil types, land use patterns, runoff and erosion potentials.
• Ecological analyses; for determining habitat suitability, species richness, vulnerability, landscape changes, etc. by practicing ecologists.
The Field Ecology Course involves a group of North and South American research scientists with extensive tropical experience and a dedication to education teach the highly competitive course. Students explore a range of contrasting ecologically important sites, engage in short field research projects, conduct experiments, and publish their findings at the end of the course. The program since 1999 has trained more than 120 Peruvian and Hispanic South American participants. OTS and ACEER continues the program through operating support and grants from US corporate and private foundation communities.

Calle Moore 324, Iquitos, Peru

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