Botanist Course
This course provides hands-on training in botanical surveying and conservation for temperate landscapes, covering survey design, field techniques, and data management.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Botanist Course equips you with practical skills to design and conduct a full 50-hectare plant survey, from setting conservation objectives and research questions to creating solid sampling plans. You will master standard field techniques, species identification and voucher procedures, data handling, and monitoring approaches for rare, native, and invasive plants in temperate river-forest-grassland landscapes.
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Develop skills
- Habitat-based plant ID: quickly identify native, invasive, and rare species.
- Vegetation sampling: use transects, quadrats, and plots to measure plant cover.
- Field survey design: plan stratified sampling for river, forest, and grassland areas.
- Botanical data management: create neat field sheets, databases, and GPS records.
- Conservation monitoring: assess threat levels and report species of concern clearly.
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