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Building Capacity on Protected Areas Law & Governance
Connectivity Conservation - Intro
Module 8
Exercise 1
Conveying Understandingof Basic Principles and Concepts
of Connectivity Conservation
Background Purpose
Enable Learners to entrench their understanding of basic principles and concepts of connectivity conservation.
Improve Learners’ capacity to explain basic principles and concepts of connectivity conservation to others.
Provide Learners with an opportunity to illustrate their understanding of basic principles and concepts of connectivity conservation to others and enhance their communication skills.
Structure Introduction to exercise (suggested time allocation, 5 minutes) Individual work (suggested time allocation, 30 minutes) Partner work (suggested time allocation, 30 minutes) Joint class discussion (suggested time allocation, 55 minutes)
1st Part of the Exercise Reflect on the explanations and discussion of these concepts
in the seminar presentation.
Refer to the list of definitions and descriptions of basic landscape ecology concepts that apply to connectivity conservation.
Produce a drawing or diagram that illustrates at least three of these concepts.
The drawings or diagrams may be based on actual examples from the Learners’ own countries or jurisdictions or may be hypothetical.
2nd Part of the Exercise
Each Learner will be paired with another Learner.
Each Learner/partner will in turn explain his/her drawing or diagram to the other Learner/partner, describing the connectivity conservation concepts illustrated.
Joint Group Discussion
Learners will volunteer or the Educator will select up to five Learners to present their drawings or diagrams to the entire group and describe the connectivity conservation concepts illustrated.
Learners will engage each other with a view to improving each others’ understandings and descriptions of these concepts.