Open Online Course: Fundamentals of Freshwater Health

Conservation International jointly offers Open Online Courses with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, now available as self-paced courses.

Fundamentals of Freshwater Health provides more general knowledge on the basics of freshwater ecosystems, their ecosystem services, and indicators to assess their health and governance.

After this course you will be able to:
• Categorize the freshwater ecosystems in a basin.
• Describe the societal use of water in terms of freshwater ecosystem services.
• Analyze the pressures and threats shaping freshwater ecosystems in terms of its biodiversity and supply of services.
• Assess the role of ecosystems in maintaining supply of services.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of systems managing the social and ecological aspects of freshwater in a basin.

This free course has an estimated total study load of 24 hours.