MOOC
Aquatic Invasive Alien Species of the Iberian Peninsula
Welcome to this Free Massive Online Course
(Massive Online Open Course MOOC).
This course is part of the activities of training of project LIFE17 GIE/ES/000515 Life Invasaqua of the European Union "Invasive alien species in freshwater and estuarine systems: awareness and prevention in the Iberian Peninsula".
This course has been developed thanks to agreement between the Iberian Society of Ichthyology and the Government of Navarra in the framework of project Life Invasaqua and the support of the Biodiversity Foundation.
The invasive alien species are organisms that are introduced and develop outside its natural distribution areaas an agent of change and threat to native biological diversity.
Raising awareness among core topic sectors such as users of bodies of water, farmers or livestock breeders, or environmental managers, among others, is essential to prevent their appearance and curb their negative impacts. It is also necessary to increase social awareness of the problem. The role played by environmental watchdogs is crucial in knowledge dissemination and raising public awareness.
The training objectives of this course are to know and adequately handle the basic concepts related to invasive alien speciesdevelopment , its historical , the dynamics of invasions and the factors that determine invasiveness; to offer specific criteria and good practices for the management of aquatic invasive alien species.
The main goal of this training is to bring environmental monitors closer to the problem of Invasive Alien Species from an environmental, social and economic approach. Basic concepts about Invasive Alien Species, their main impacts, as well as the importance of prevention in their management will be presented. In order to fill in the training exposed, various materials and resources will be made available for free access.
This MOOC is intended for environmental, rural and surveillance agents and rangersin order to make it a tool formative on the management of Aquatic Invasive Alien Species that threaten the freshwater ecosystems.
Free Online Training Course of the high school of Biodiversity and Environment of the University of Navarra addressed to surveillance agents and environmental rangers.
The course is composed of six modules, each presenting three units in videos of approximately 10 minutes duration. The videos are accompanied by a assessment (subject test) and supporting documentation.
The development course requires an estimated dedication of 10 hours, including the mandatory evaluations of each module. At the end of the course, participants will receive a certificate issued by the high school of Biodiversity and Environment of the University of Navarra.