1. Building Capacity on Protected Areas Law & Governance Connectivity Conservation - Intro Module 8 Exercise 1 Conveying Understanding of Basic Principles and Concepts of Connectivity Conservation

2. Background  Purpose  Enable Learners to entrench their understanding of basic principles and concepts of connectivity conservation.  Improve Learners’ capacity to explain basic principles and concepts of connectivity conservation to others.  Provide Learners with an opportunity to illustrate their understanding of basic principles and concepts of connectivity conservation to others and enhance their communication skills.  Structure  Introduction to exercise (suggested time allocation, 5 minutes)  Individual work (suggested time allocation, 30 minutes)  Partner work (suggested time allocation, 30 minutes)  Joint class discussion (suggested time allocation, 55 minutes)

3. 1 st Part of the Exercise  Reflect on the explanations and discussion of these concepts in the seminar presentation.  Refer to the list of definitions and descriptions of basic landscape ecology concepts that apply to connectivity conservation.  Produce a drawing or diagram that illustrates at least three of these concepts.  The drawings or diagrams may be based on actual examples from the Learners’ own countries or jurisdictions or may be hypothetical.

4. 2 nd Part of the Exercise  Each Learner will be paired with another Learner.  Each Learner/partner will in turn explain his/her drawing or diagram to the other Learner/partner, describing the connectivity conservation concepts illustrated.

5. Joint Group Discussion  Learners will volunteer or the Educator will select up to five Learners to present their drawings or diagrams to the entire group and describe the connectivity conservation concepts illustrated.  Learners will engage each other with a view to improving each others’ understandings and descriptions of these concepts.