<div dir="ltr"><span style="line-height:22.265625px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">This is an update to our previous announcement on the <a href="http://www.tzcrc.org">science skills workshops</a> for later this month and early December. </span><div>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px">We will be running a </span><b style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px">second QGIS course,</b><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px"> which will be a 5-day introduction to mapping with QGIS plus an introduction to GIS </span><b style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px">analysis</b><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px">, from the 9-13 December. The course will cost $375 (with food + accommodation at Mkuru training camp $20-40 per day).</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px">If you are interested in any of these courses, see the announcement below including the link to the online registration page. If you have <u>already</u> registered and would like to take this new QGIS option, email <a href="mailto:workshops@tzcrc.org">workshops@tzcrc.org</a> to change your registration!</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px">There are more scholarship positions available - write to <a href="mailto:workshops@tzcrc.org">workshops@tzcrc.org</a> if you have questions or would like to apply!</span></font></div>
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</span></font><div><span style="line-height:22.265625px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:22.265625px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The <a href="http://tzcrc.org/" target="_blank">Conservation Resource Centre</a> will be putting on a series of science skills <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">workshops</span> before <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">and</span> after the <a href="http://www.tawiri.or.tz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=25" target="_blank">TAWIRI Scientific Conference</a> <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">in</span>late November & early December 2013. CRC courses are designed to give you immediately-useful skills that you can walk away feeling confident with!</span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px"><br></span></font></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px">Courses include:</span><br>
</div><div><ul><li style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px">Introduction to <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">mapping</span> with QGIS: a free <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">and</span> open-source application, QGIS is an excellent way to produce maps <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">and</span> analyse data. Three day course, 28-30 Nov.</span></font></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px"><b>Introduction to mapping and analysis with QGIS: five days, 9-13 December</b></span></font></li>
<li style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px">Distance Sampling: a <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">survey</span> method increasingly widely used <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">in</span> wildlife studies, </span></font><span style="line-height:22.265625px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">25-30 Nov:</span></li>
<ul style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px">Introduction (3 days, suitable for field researchers who wish to collect data);</span></font></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px">Analysis & <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">survey</span> design (3 days, suitable for those who wish to analyse <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">and</span> design surveys).</span></font></li>
</ul><li style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-left:15px"><span style="line-height:22.265625px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Introduction to <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">statistics</span> with R: another free, open-source application, R is the <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">statistics</span> package which has become the choice of many (if not most) academics <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">and</span> researchers. 5 day course, 9-13 December.</span><br>
</li><li style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-left:15px"><span style="line-height:22.265625px;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Spatial analysis with R: for those with R skills, this 2-day course introduces students to analytical <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">methods</span> <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">in</span> R for <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">mapping</span> <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">and</span> spatial analysis.</span></li>
</ul><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.265625px">Courses cost $75 per day but some limited scholarship positions are available. The CRC is supported mainly by its members <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">and</span> the local community, <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">and</span> <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">in</span> part by the Reid Park Zoo (Tucson, AZ).</span></font></div>
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