WILDLIFE TRAINING COURSES
AT
PAKISTAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION, ISLAMABAD
Through Distant Learning
(Duration 03 Months)
Pakistan Wildlife Foundation offers a wide range of short courses related to wildlife and wildlife habitats and their conservation and management. Each course is of 3-months duration including a written test, a viva and a one-day orientation workshop. Study material will be send to the students in three parts/assignments; one part per month along with a questionnaire. The study material will be in English language however, a few courses are available in both English and Urdu languages. After receiving all the three assignments back, a written test and a one-day orientation workshop will be organized and certificates will be awarded to the successful students. Those who will fail to qualify the test will be offered an orientation regarding the course and then a viva for the award of the certificate.
- Fee for one course is Rs. 4,500/- including study material, written test, one day orientation, charges of the resource person and certificate.
- Written test and Viva will be organized in different cities and the registered students must inform the Organization about their nearest city where they would like to appear for the test and viva.
JOINING PROCEDURE
- Download application form or fill up online form
- Deposit the fee Rs. 4,500/- for one course
- Fee can be deposited in any branch of Standard Chartered Bank
- Account Title: Pakistan Wildlife Foundation
- Account No. 01-1887296-01
- Email the complete form along with an attachment of deposit slip to Pakistan Wildlife Foundation at; info@wildlife.org.pk
- OR send the complete form (hard copy) along with a photo copy of the deposit slip to Pakistan Wildlife Foundation at;
Pakistan Wildlife Foundation, Basement Balochistan Plaza, Fazal-e-Haq Road, Blue Area, Islamabad
- One applicant can attend maximum two courses at a time but separate form for each course will be required.
LIST OF AVAILABLE COURSES
1. Wildlife Management
2. Over-abundant Wildlife Management
3. Vegetation Survey Techniques
4. Introduction to Forests of Pakistan
5. Introduction to Eco-systems of Pakistan
6. Protected Areas Management
7. Principles of Animal Taxonomy
8. Icthyological Survey Techniques
9. Herpetological Survey Techniques
10. Bird Watching Techniques
11. Small Mammals Field Techniques
12. Large Mammals Field Techniques
13. Fundamentals of Herpetology
14. Fundamentals of Ornithology
15. Fundamentals of Mammalogy
16. Fundamentals of Taxidermy
17. Fundamentals of Ecology / Environmental Biology
18. Fundamentals of Zoogeography
19. Fundamentals of Paleontology
20. Fundamentals of Evolutionary Biology
21. Wildlife Population Assessment Techniques
22. Wildlife Habitat Analysis (Including habitat types of Pakistan)
23. Wildlife Food Habit Analysis
24. Wildlife Damage Control (Including urban wildlife damage and prevention)
25. Wildlife Photography Techniques
26. Wildlife Policies, Laws and Administration
27. Zoo Management
28. Captive Breeding Techniques
29. Animal Behavior and Adaptations
30. Climate Change and Adaptations
31. Aquaculture and Fish Farming
32. Solid Waste Management
33. Environmental Management
34. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
35. Natural Resource Management
36. Forest Biomass Assessment
37. GIS and Remote Sensing
38. Emergency First Aid with CPR
39. Scientific and Technical Writing (including Popular, Review and Research Articles)
40. CITES, NCCW and TRAFFIC; Roles, Rules and Regulations with Global Trends
FACULTY MEMBERS / INSTUCTORS / EXAMINERS/ RESOURCE PERSONS
1. Dr. Rehmatullah Qureshi (Botany, Plant Taxonomy)
2. Dr. Asghari Bano (Plant Ecolgy)
3. Dr. Asad Ghufran (Plant Taxonomy)
4. Dr. Sher Wali (Plant Taxonomy)
5. Dr. Mohammad Ramzan Mirza (Fish Taxonomy)
6. Mr. Javaid Ayub (Aquaculture and Fish Farming)
7. Dr. Muhammad Ayub (Aquaculture and Fish Farming)
8. Dr. Mohammad Shafique Ahmad (Fish Biology)
9. Dr. Mohammad Sharif Khan (Herpetology)
10. Mr. Waseem Ahmad Khan (Herpetology, Mammalogy)
11. Mr. Naeem Ashraf Raja (Herpetology)
12. Dr. Waseem Ahmad Khan (Ornithology, Mammalogy, Biostatistics)
13. Dr. Abdul Aleem Chaudhry (Mammalogy, Ecology, Forestry, Wildlife Legislation)
14. Dr. Abdul Khaliq (Forestry)
15. Prof. Z. B. Mirza (Ornithology, Ecology)
16. Dr. Afsar Mian (Ornithology)
17. Prof. Abdul Aziz Khan (Wildlife Management, Wildlife Damage Control)
18. Dr. Atif Yaqub (Animal Behavior, Environment)
19. Ms. Bushra Nisar Khan (Zoo Management)
20. Mr. Safwan Shahab Ahmad (Animal Behavior, Captive Breeding)
21. Mr. Abdul Qadeer Mahal (Captive Breeding)
22. Mr. Ghulam Rasool Mughal (Wildlife Photography)
23. Mr. Ahmer Mujtaba (Environmental Science)
24. Mr. Arshad Abbasi (GIS Expert)
Nice Initiative
it is exact time for this initiative also a good platform for the young wildlfe biologists. May Allah help you in this regard.
I love animals
we need such initiatives to learn further improve futher towards wildlife and a good platform for the young researcher. ALLAH Bless you all .
Sir salam , iam arz muhammed sdo wildlife in balochistan forest and wildlife department, as sir i have done my msc first position from sindh in bio , then passed commission before this i was lecturer , sir we have no training and no future due to hegemonic / imperalism of forest, sir they r snatching shadow from us, sir it seem to be apathy.
sir when we talk about rights they say we r untrained , is any dynamic and angel person who mad us trained , need chance we r only two sdo wildlife officer in balochistan . dr raza bhatti is my reference . my number 03333909151
thanks sir
sir our chief conservator mr, Manzoor Ahmed is honestly trying to give us any training , but due to no wildlife institution , he is helpless, . before this two time he sent me with pakistan wetland and i learnt more.
it is my desire after getting training in wildlife i can manage information centre of hingol national park .
thanks
it is good step and wildlife officer and forest officer r working with mutual understanding and in our province forest and wildlife officer r like frinds and they help to us
thanks
Very good step in the right direction.
It is a good addition for wildlife biologists
dues are not affordable:(
Very well,
Good platform for the Pakistan wildlife.
Nice initiative so that there will be more young biologist but i belive that the dues are hard to afford by many people including me for my personal hobby
dear,
iam agreed with the commits of sir mazhar dcf forest , he is working best for wildlife and forest.
sdo wildlife arz muhammed
Assalam-o-Alaikum. I am very interested in Herpetology. Please help me what should I do to be a Herpetologist… I have done my F.sc(pre-med) and keen to do BS(HONS) in Wildlife Ecology. Kindly tell me (via mail) that is it good to do Bs(Hons) in above mentioned field.
Awaiting Reply.
thanks
Regards,
Muhammad Shaharyar