Benefits and outcomes:

• Decide whether distance sampling will help you enhance your conservation work
• Understand and contribute to discussions amongst colleagues or collaborators who are using distance sampling
• Gain confidence in applying monitoring methods where detection of species varies across time and space
• Teach wildlife monitoring techniques as part of your job in university, government agencies or NGOs
• Demonstrate your grasp of population monitoring theory and applications

This introductory course is ideal  if you’re a complete beginner to distance sampling, or want to remind yourself how this powerful technique works, and its use in conservation monitoring and research

The exercises, discussions and assignments will take 3-5 hours, and the timing is completely flexible - you can study whenever it suits you during the week

The course fee is 36 GBP with generous discounts available for students and those based in low- or middle-income countries.  Depending on your situation, you may be able to claim a fee reduction of 40% to 90%!  Complete our Discount enquiry form to find out the discount you're entitled to

Course registration page and further info: Distance sampling: Theory and applications

We have two other courses on Distance sampling running this September/October:

1. Analysis with R - suitable if you already have wildlife sightings from transects or point counts and need to gain insights from them
2. Survey design - suitable if you’re planning a project which requires you to estimate species density/population size and the factors that affect it

Both of these courses include this Theory and applications course as the first week. If you’re unsure which course is suitable for you, we suggest you register for this one-week Theory and applications course, with the option to upgrade to Analysis and/or Survey design