South & Central America & Caribbean

Introduction to Environmental Law

Environmental law may be the one institution standing between us and planetary exhaustion. It is also an institution that needs to be reconciled with human liberty and economic aspirations. This course considers these issues and provides a tour though existing legal regimes governing pollution, water law, endangered species, toxic substances, environmental impact analyses, and environmental risk.

About the Course:

This course will expose students to legal reasoning, especially from the reading of cases involving real-life environmental disputes.

Endangered Species Recovery Course

The Endangered Species Recovery (ESR) course is a two week introduction to the issues and practical skills involved in saving threatened species from extinction. You will develop a critical understanding of biodiversity conservation and the issues it raises, as well as practical research skills.

Introductory Course on Climate Change

Everything you need to know about Climate Change in a nutshell

Introduction to Ecosystems

Duration: 6 weeks

Time Commitment: 3 hours/week

Global Environmental Policy

Organised in partnership with UNEP, the main objective of the Executive Summer School (ESS) on Global Environmental Policy is to provide professionals with a broad training programme in order to bridge the common gap between scientific knowledge and professional expertise related to core environmental themes.

The Ecology and Conservation of Migratory Birds

This two-week course is designed to capitalize on this expertise to teach conservation professionals and field scientists the most current methods in the research of bird migration including theoretical concepts, field and laboratory methods, data analysis and applied conservation strategies.