Open Online Course: Advanced Topics in Freshwater Health

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Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem Services
Water
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National
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English
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e-Learning
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Conservation International
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

Conservation International jointly offers Open Online Courses with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, now available as self-paced courses.

Advanced Topics in Freshwater Health delves more deeply into the Freshwater Health Index indicator methodology and calculations and offers more in-depth training on how ultimately conduct a basin health assessment.

After this course you will be able to:
• Develop a framework of analysis for freshwater health based on social-ecological principles.
• Determine the key conditions that influence the vitality of freshwater ecosystems.
• Assess the role of water governance in shaping freshwater health.
• Measure the state of and changes to freshwater ecosystems, services they provide and their governance, using indicators of the FHI.

This free course has an estimated total study load of 30 hours.

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