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<div dir="ltr"><b>This may be of interest to our Subscribers or
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:16pt"><span style="font-size:17.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">GIS Mapping and statistics courses for conservation.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Tanzania Conservation Resource Centre is pleased to announce a new series of workshops for Nov-Dec 2015. Workshops will be held in Arusha, Tanzania, in the week before and week after the TAWIRI Scientific Conference.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Centre’s training focusses on high-quality </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">free</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> and </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">open-source</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> software, without the need for costly licenses and upgrade
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Venue:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> Courses will all be held in Arusha at Solomon House (near the Clocktower)</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Costs:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> Course costs vary by number of days and include course materials and lunch only. </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Scholarships:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">A very limited number of places are available for attendance, and students are advised to seek positions early.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">For more information or inquiries regarding the skills workshop training, see the detailed course descriptions and register on our </span><a
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style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">"R is a free, open-source language and software, which is becoming one of the most popular options for statistics and graphics in the sciences. It is recommended for those needing to use statistics to analyse data who have little or no experience of statistics. The course would also be an ideal introduction to R for students with experience of other statistical packages."</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Trainer</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">: Rob Critchlow (Univ. of York)</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">How to create and design high quality maps with QGIS.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Prerequisites</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">: A working knowledge of GIS and experience in map production. Sense of creativity in professional content writing for official purpose.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(64,64,64);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The course is aimed at fieldworkers who wish to quickly & efficiently map and view their GPS data while in the field or in the office.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">An introduction to QGIS (a free GIS application). The course is aimed at fieldworkers who wish to produce professional maps from their fieldwork data and combining it with other sources.</span></p>
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