DIMACS/MBI US - African BioMathematics Initiative: Advanced Study Institute on Conservation Biology
July 28 - August 10, 2010
(Workshop August 11 - 13, 2010)
The Workshop will be held at South African Wildlife College (SAWC), Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, adjacent to Kruger National Park and the ASI will be held at WITS Rural Facility in Acornhoek for July 27th - July 31st and at SAWC after that (NOTE: CHANGES OF VENUE)

Organizers:
Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University, hgaff (at) odu.edu
Wayne Getz, UC Berkeley, getz (at) nature.berkeley.edu
Edward Lungu, U. of Botswana, Lunguliz (at) gmail.com
Wandera Ogana, University of Nairobi, wogana at unobi.ac.ke
Fred Roberts, DIMACS, froberts (at) dimacs.rutgers.edu
Sadie Ryan, University of California, Santa Barbara, sjryan (at) nceas.ucsb.edu
George Wittemyer, Colorado State, gwittemyer (at) africaonline.co.ke
ASI Staff:
Steve Bellan, UC Berkeley, sbellan at berkeley.edu
Nina Fefferman, DIMACS, fefferman (at) aesop.rutgers.edu
Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University (ASI program organizer), hgaff (at) odu.edu
Wayne Getz, UC Berkeley, getz (at) nature.berkeley.edu
Edward Lungu, U. of Botswana, Lunguliz (at) gmail.com
James Osundwa, UN Environment Programme, Kenya, james.osundwa (at) unep.org
Fred Roberts, DIMACS, froberts (at) dimacs.rutgers.edu
Sadie Ryan, University of California, Santa Barbara, sjryan (at) nceas.ucsb.edu

Presented under the auspices of the DIMACS/MBI US-African BioMathematics Initiative.

This Advanced Study Institute and workshop are jointly sponsored by:


Workshop Program:

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

 8:00 -  9:00  Breakfast

 9:30 - 10:30  Introduction - Outline of expectations and logistics
               Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University (ASI program organizer)

11:00 - 12:30  Plant and Animal Disease I (PAD - 2 lectures), Steve Bellan, UC Berkeley
               1) Disease affecting conservation 

 1:00 -  2:00  Lunch

 2:00 -  3:00  Guest Lecture: Sadie Ryan, University of California, Santa Barbara

 3:30 -  5:00  Harvesting 1: Edward Lungu, U. of Botswana

 7:00          Dinner and Reception

Thursday, July 29, 2010
 
 8:00 -  9:00  Breakfast

 9:00 - 10:30  Harvesting II: Edward Lungu, U. of Botswana

10:30 - 10:45  Break

10:45 - 12:00  Plant and Animal Disease (PAD - 2 lectures), Steve Bellan, UC Berkeley
               2) Interaction between disease and:
                  a. Genetics
                  b. Reserve design
                  c. Extinction

12:00 -  1:00  Lunch

 2:00 -  3:00  Guest Lecture: James Osundwa, UN Environment Programme, Kenya

 3:00 -  3:30  Afternoon Tea

 3:30 -  5:00  Harvesting III: Edward Lungu, U. of Botswana

 7:00          Dinner 

Friday, July 30, 2010

 8:00 -  9:00  Breakfast

 9:00 -  5:00  Day Trip

 7:00          Dinner 

Saturday, July 31, 2010
 
 8:30 -  9:00  Breakfast

 9:30          Load Bus for Wildlife College

12:00          Lunch

 7:00          Dinner 

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Free Time
 
 8:00 -  9:00  Breakfast

 1:00          Lunch

 7:00          Dinner 
      
Monday, August 2, 2010
 
 8:00 -  9:00  Breakfast

 8:30 - 10:00  Population Viability Analysis  Lecture I, (PVA - 5 lectures), Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University
               1. Population growth models, Markov chains and stochastic effects

10:00 - 10:30  Break

10:30 - 12:00  Global Change, Sadie Ryan, University of California and James Osundwa, UN Environment Programme
               1. Landuse/Landcover change (LULC) and Demographic change
                  a. Crowding
                  b. Economic imbalances
                  c. Poverty and disease
                  d. Footprint maps
		     i. Definitions of urban v. rural 
		  e. Protected Areas (PAs) and conservation maps
		     i.  Hotspots 
		     ii. Parks and 'levels' of protection
		  f. Fragmentation, its fx on, and interaxn with all of the above

12:00 -  1:00  Lunch

 1:00 -  2:00  Guest Lecture: Steve Bellan, UC Berkeley

 2:00 -  3:30  Conservation Genetics Lecture I,  Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University
               1. Genetic models

 3:30 -  4:00  Afternoon Tea

 4:00 -  6:30  Discussion of Group Projects

 7:00          Dinner and Welcome Reception


Tuesday, August 3, 2010

 6:00 -  7:30  Game Drives

 7:00 -  8:00  Breakfast

 8:30 - 10:00  Conservation Genetics Lecture II, Gareth Russell, NJIT
               2. Genetic diversity

10:00 - 10:30  Break

10:30 - 12:00  Population Viability Analysis II (PVA - 5 lectures), Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University
               2) Uncertainty, heterogeneity and other challenges

12:00 -  1:00  Lunch

 1:00 -  2:00  Guest Lecture: Russell

 2:00 -  3:30  GIS Lecture I (GIS - 4 lectures/classes), Sadie Ryan, University of California 
               GIS Part I: using remotely sensed imagery for quantifying LC and LC change
                     i.	  RS for climate change - NDVI and other indices of change
                     ii.  Static vs. Dynamic imagery processing
                     iii. Data sources and programs out there

 3:30 -  4:00  Afternoon Tea

 4:00 -  5:30  Plant and Animal Disease Recap: Steve Bellan

 5:30 -  7:00  Group Projects

 7:00          Dinner and Welcome Reception

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

 6:00 -  7:30  Game Drives

 7:00 -  8:00  Breakfast

 8:30 - 10:00  Conservation Genetics Lecture 3: Gareth Russell, NJIT 

10:00 - 10:15  Break

10:15 - 11:30  Population Viability Analysis III, Holly Gaff,  Old Dominion University
               3. Uncertainty, heterogeneity and other challenges

11:30 - 12:15  Guest Lecture: Nina Fefferman, DIMACS

12:15 -  1:00  Lunch

 1:00 -  2:30  Reserve Design (RD) Lecture 1: Gareth Russell, NJIT        
               1. Theory and Principles
                   a. History

                   b. Ecological principles
 
 2:30 -  3:30  Harvesting Recap: Edward Lungu, U. of Botswana 

 3:30 -  4:00  Afternoon Tea

 4:00 -  5:30  Harvesting Recap: Edward Lungu, U. of Botswana

 4:00 -  5:30  Computer exercises/walk/drive/group projects/soccer match

 5:30 -  7:00  Computer exercises/Group Projects

 7:00          Dinner

Thursday, August 5, 2010

 6:00 -  7:30  Game Drives

 7:00 -  8:00  Breakfast

 8:30 - 10:00  Reserve Design II: Gareth Russell, NJIT 
               2. Biological components

10:00 - 10:30  Morning Tea Break - Check in with Mentor 

10:30 - 11:30  Population Viability Analysis Lecture 4, Nina Fefferman, DIMACS 
               4. Dealing with limited datasets

11:30 - 12:00  Disease PVA - Ryan 

12:00 -  1:00  Poster Session and Lunch
 
 1:00 -  2:00  Guest Lecture: Wash

 2:00 -  3:30  GIS II (GIS - 4 lectures/classes), James Osundwa, UN Environment Programme
               3. Animal Movement
                  a. GIS II: Animal movement exercise in Arc
                     i.	 Home range and habitat selection short intro/description
                     ii. Types of data commonly used 
                         1. Information we can obtain from that data
                            b. Setting up computers and getting it all to run

 3:30 -  4:00  Afternoon Tea

 4:00 -  5:30  Computer exercises/walk/drive/group projects/soccer match

 5:30 -  7:00  Computer exercises/Group Projects

 7:00          Dinner

Friday, August 6, 2010
 
 6:00 -  7:30  Game Drives

 7:00 -  8:00  Breakfast

 8:30 - 10:00  Reserve Design III, Gareth Russell, NJIT
               3) Economics and Human components

10:00 - 10:30  Morning Tea Break 

10:30 - 12:00  GIS III, James Osundwa, UN Environment Programme

12:00 -  1:00  Lunch

 1:00 -  2:00  Networks++, Nina Fefferman 

 2:00 -  3:00  Potpourri - All of the above

 3:00 -  3:30  Afternoon Tea

 4:00 -  5:30  Computer exercises/walk/drive/group projects

 5:30 -  7:00  Computer exercises/Group Projects

 7:00          Dinner

 Saturday, August 7, 2010

 8:00 -  9:00  Breakfast

 9:00 -  1:00  Bus leaves for Hoedspruit

 1:00 -  2:00  Lunch back at SAWC

 2:00 -  7:00  Group Projects

 7:00          Dinner

Sunday, August 8, 2010

  6:00 am      Bus leaves for Kruger Day Trip (packed breakfast to go)

  7:00 pm      Dinner


Monday, August 9, 2010

Guest Lectures (Times TBD)

 7:00 -  8:00   Breakfast

 9:00 - 12:00   Work on group projects/half-day trips to Moholoholo (Cheetah breeding project)

 1:00 -  2:00   Lunch

 2:00 -  5:00   Work on group projects/half-day trips to Moholoholo (Cheetah breeding project)

 5:00 -  7:00   Work on group projects

 7:00           Dinner

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Guest Lectures (Times TBD)

 7:00 -  8:00   Breakfast

 8:00 -  1:00   Group Project

 1:00 -  2:00   Lunch

 2:00 -  4:00   Group Project Presentations

 7:00           Dinner

Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - Friday, August 13, 2010

 See Workshop schedule.

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