UVED Biodiversity and Global Change MOOC

SUPPORTING REGIONAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND ENERGY TRANSITIONS

WITH VARIOUS PARTNERS

Format: Online Language: French

OVERALL THEME/BACKGROUND

The Biodiversity and Global Change MOOC, led by UVED, is structured around 4 topics: • Humans in Biodiversity: A Status Report • Biodiversity's responses to global change • Stakeholders' positions on the "biodiversity" issue • Biodiversity, global and societal changes

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The learning objectives of the training course are to explore and further develop theoretical notions about biodiversity: Ecosystem resilience to current changes. Risks and scenarios for 2050. Mobilization of stakeholders around these issues. The role of knowledge in these stakeholder dynamics. Evolution of natural environments and living organisms. Responses that can be provided by governments, companies and civil society to these developments. Diversity, throughout the world, of the representations of living beings and of knowledge and practices.

TEACHING METHODS & ACTIVITIES

The MOOC is based on a learning system that includes videos featuring experts and practitioners, reading tips, and testimonials from various stakeholders.

WHAT WILL YOU GET OUT OF THIS TRAINING COURSE?

The Biodiversity and Global Change MOOC provides you with essential knowledge to better understand how biodiversity is essential to human existence, what services it provides, why it is essential to integrate and conserve it, and why indigenous and local peoples are its stewards.

FIND OUT MORE: https://www.uved.fr/mooc-biochang UVED online learning platform and on Fun MOOC Short course on AFD eCampus

4 hours of video streaming spread over 4 weeks

Any person interested in biodiversity and protecting living beings who might get involved in specific initiatives in the field (professionals, students, etc.)

KEY FIGURES

9,000 Participants in the 1st session

9Countries where the course was attended 24 Speakers, experts

PARTNERSHIP

UVED, CIRAD, CNRS, IDDRI, INALCO, IRD, MNHN, University of Montpellier, University Paris 8, University Paris Saclay