Ducks Unlimited | Educating International Conservation Leaders

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

CELESTUN, Yucatan, Mexico –-(Ammoland.com)- A group of 14 natural resource professionals from Mexico and 12 other Latin American countries recently graduated from Ducks Unlimited de México’s (DUMAC) internationally recognized RESERVA training course. This intensive, two-month continuing education experience is designed to provide advanced training in the ecology and management of wetlands and other natural resources to practicing professionals from across Central and South America.

Graduates came from Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Mexico.

Based at DUMAC’s John E. Walker Research and Training Center in Celestun, the RESERVA course includes 540 hours of classes and field exercises provided by a diverse array of experts from universities, agencies and organizations from Mexico and Central and South America. The RESERVA course has received academic accreditation by the University of Yucatan.

As part of the RESERVA training, students enlisted input and assistance from 300 people in communities near conservation areas. Through sessions similar to focus groups, they assessed the local citizens’ knowledge of the conservation challenges facing these world-class wetland systems and their awareness of the relationships between the ecological health of the systems and …Read the Rest

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