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SFS/Australia: Farming for the Future (Summer) (Outgoing Program)

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  • Locations: Queensland, Australia
  • Program Terms: Summer
  • Homepage: Click to visit
  • Program Sponsor: The School for Field Studies (SFS) 
  • Restrictions: WFU applicants only
  • This program is currently not accepting applications.
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Click here for a definition of this term Language of Instruction: English Click here for a definition of this term Housing: Residence Hall
Click here for a definition of this term Academic Areas Offered: Anthropology, Biology, Economics, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, International Studies Program Sponsor: SFS
Program Description:


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TECHNIQUES FOR RAINFOREST RESEARCH,
AUSTRALIA


PROGRAM DETAILS

  • Term: Summer Session II
  • Credits: 4 semester-hour credits (8 credits if taken with Session I)
  • Prerequisites: No course prerequisites: 18 years of age
  • Application Deadline: Rolling admissions. Early applications encouraged
  • Financial Aid: All accepted students can apply for need-based scholarships, grants, and loans


OVERVIEW

Students explore Australia’s tropical rainforests and develop effective field skills while learning about rainforest restoration, conservation, and sustainable development. Students learn the skills required to design and implement research projects and to present their results in scientific reports.
  • Learn sampling design, GPS and GIS techniques, plant identification, forest survey techniques, animal survey methods, and social science research techniques
  • Experience largely intact lowland forest and contrast with the fragmentation effects impacting the rainforests of the Atherton Tablelands
  • Learn rainforest research field techniques on unique flora and fauna in Australia, which are transferable to any other forest ecosystem in the world
  • Practice remote and hands-on sampling of rainforest fauna including field techniques such as trapping, behavioral observations, and spotlighting
  • Learn social science survey techniques, and how to quantifiably and qualitatively assess human resource use and how it relates to restoration and conservation


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