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This course is an intensive field-based course in Botswana's Okavango Delta, one of the world's hotspots of biodiversity, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Students will take the course with students and staff from Arizona State University and Kings College London, part of the PLuS Alliance. The Okavango Delta has extensive wetland systems with diverse waterbird populations, vegetation communities, the largest population of elephants in Africa and large predators, including lions and leopards. This diverse ecosystem lies at the end of one of the worlds last few large free-flowing rivers. This course involves practical concepts of river basin ecosystem conservation, management and governance. The overall aim of the course is to tackle a global challenge in a developing country of the world, focusing on sustainability of biological and abiotic processes within the context of human drivers of development.

Students need to arrive in Maun (Botswana) on the 1 July 2023 and leave on the 10 July 2023. While in Botswana, there is a fee of $AUD 1,900 which covers all airport transfers and local guides, accommodation, transport and food. Travel to and from Botswana is at the expense of individual students. There is limited capacity in this course: students need to apply with relevant backgrounds.