Starting with core mapping techniques, you’ll progress through patrol-effort mapping, hotspot and cluster analysis, movement modelling, and composite risk-surface creation—ending with how to translate spatial insights into operational plans and patrol tasking.
Each module combines clear, step-by-step QGIS instruction with the reasoning behind it, showing how environmental and behavioural factors shape illegal activity in space.
Designed for conservation practitioners, analysts, and protected-area managers, this course provides a complete, field-tested framework for turning patrol and environmental data into actionable intelligence that supports real-world decision-making.
Paid, external course
Provider: Dr Emma Richards — Conservation Risk Analytics
Course Format: Self-paced, modular e-learning series (8 modules, PDF-based with guided exercises and reflection tasks).
Software Requirement: QGIS 3.22 or later (open-source, free to download).
Cost:
- Full 8-Module Bundle – £179 GBP
- Individual Modules – £27.50 GBP each (Modules 1 & 2 bundled together)
- Optional Simulated Dataset – £59.99 GBP (discounted when purchased with modules or bundle)
Delivery: Instant digital access via secure download link. Learners receive step-by-step workbooks, example data, and practice activities to reinforce each stage of analysis.
Target Audience: Conservation practitioners, analysts, park and wildlife-protection managers, students or researchers applying spatial or intelligence-led methods to wildlife crime prevention.
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