Project Management

Gain practical insights into managing conservation projects with efficiency and inclusivity. Explore safeguarding principles, stakeholder engagement, gender equity, and communications strategies. Learn to navigate challenges such as grievance mechanisms and fund management while ensuring your projects deliver meaningful impacts.

Explore all our other courses on Professional Development, Team & Leadership and webinars to further enhance your expertise and broaden your impact.



Designing an Impactful Project

This wonderfully interactive course will guide you through the basic steps of designing an impactful biodiversity conservation project which addresses the priority needs of the area you are working in.

Available in English, Español, Français


Safeguarding in Conservation

Learn about safeguarding, its definition, and the link between power and abuse risk. Develop an organisational approach with clear roles and responsibilities. Learn to encourage reporting, reduce barriers, and respond effectively. Use self-assessment to evaluate your team’s safeguarding progress.

Module 1: Introducing Safeguarding in Conservation
Module 2: How to Develop an Organisational Approach to Safeguarding
Module 3: Encouraging and Responding to Reports.
Module 4: Safeguarding Self-Assessment


Good Fund Management

A comprehensive course covering contract and grant agreements, procurement, fund monitoring, and audit preparation.

Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4


Data Basics

Welcome everyone! Let’s explore the data world together with this comprehensive course. Our goal is to empower you with the skills and knowledge required to confidently engage with data.

→ Demystifying data
Available in English, Français, မြန်မာEspañolPortuguêsTiếng ViệtIndonesia, ខ្មែរ

Planning your data with the end use in mind
Available in English, Français, မြန်မာEspañolPortuguêsTiếng Việt, Indonesia, ខ្មែរ

→ Good data
Available in English, Français, မြန်မာ, EspañolPortuguêsTiếng ViệtIndonesia, ខ្មែរ.

→ Managing data responsibly
Available in English, Français, မြန်မာEspañolPortuguêsTiếng ViệtIndonesia, ខ្មែរ.

Data basics- check your understanding
Available in English, Français, မြန်မာ, EspañolPortuguêsTiếng ViệtIndonesia, ខ្មែរ.


Social Safeguards

Learn about social safeguards in biodiversity conservation and their role in promoting fairness and effectiveness. Explore grievance mechanisms as a key tool for implementing social safeguards and ensuring fair conservation practices.

Take the course – An Introduction to Social Safeguards. Also available in: မြန်မာEspañolPortuguêsTiếng ViệtPусский

An introduction to Grievance Mechanisms. Also available in: Español


Introduction To Communication Strategies

“Saving our planet is now a communications challenge. We know what to do, we just need the will.” – David Attenborough

Do you want to have more effective communications? Do you find it difficult to prioritise or find you often don’t have enough time?

Whether you are an NGO member of staff or a communications professional this is the course for you!

We know that working in an NGO means you have multiple demands on your time. Communications can be difficult to prioritise. This course is to help you save time and focus your energy to achieve success.

Also available in: Español

Take the course – Introduction to Communications Strategies


Gender in Conservation Projects

An introduction to gender in the context of conservation, including some suggestions on how you can promote gender equity within your projects.
Also available in: Español

Take the course – Persuading People


Outputs, Outcomes, Impacts, Oh My

Clarify project terminology and understand the differences between inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impacts for effective proposal writing.

Take the course – Outputs, Outcomes, Impacts, Oh My


An Introduction To Stakeholder Engagement

Learn why engaging with community stakeholders is crucial for equitable conservation, and how to do it effectively.
Also available in: Español, Français

Take the course – An Introduction to Stakeholder Engagement