A research laboratory technician with the Genetics Division of CRES provides touring high school students with a view of a hyacinth macaw feather and a fecal sample from a Sumatran rhino.
Conservation Education
Inspiring change by educating and motivating people to take action that will protect and nurture the natural world
Training new generations of conservation scientists:
- Training Chinese students in field research and conservation in giant panda reserves [GIANT PANDA CONSERVATION]
- Capacity building for gorilla conservation science in range states [GENETICS]
Conservation science experiences for diverse student populations:
- Inquiry-based research in high schools: Forensic barcoding of bushmeat with High Tech High [GENETICS]
- CRES summer internship program [CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAM]
- Veterinary internship program [PATHOLOGY, REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY]
- Koala EARTHWATCH program in Australia [BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY]
Sustainable use of natural resources:
- Alternative water and energy use demonstration site at the Wild Animal Park [NATIVE SEED GENE BANK]
- Sustainable forest use to promote monarch butterfly habitat conservation in Mexico [CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAM]
Local community stewardship of natural resources:
- Human-animal conflict and grassroots community involvement in spectacled bear conservation [GIANT PANDA CONSERVATION]
- Mechanisms of reducing conflict between African elephants and humans [BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY]
- Conservation education in Zambia [BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY]
- San Diego biodiversity conservation graphics at the Wild Animal Park [NATIVE SEED GENE BANK]
Connecting students and teachers to the science of wildlife conservation:
- American Genetic Association – CRES workshop: Current Topics in Conservation Genetics [GENETICS]
- Beckman Center Conservation Education Lab [CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAM]
- Summer Teacher Conservation Science Institute [CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAM]
