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Modules
Welcome and general introduction to the Madeira Nature Reserve
Topic and description: The history and importance of the Madeira Nature Reserve,
natural resources management and sustainability, UNESCO World Heritage site Laurisilva Forests of Madeira
Location of the module: Classroom
Training provider: Dr Claudia Delgado
Institution or University: CIIMAR - Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of Madeira, Portugal

Modern field work and specimen collection protocols
Topic and description: Entomological research in protected areas: Coleoptera
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr Luca Bartolozzi
Institution or University:Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence, Italy

Topic and description: Moss dwelling Tardigrada - from sampling to their identification
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr Peter Degma
Institution or University:Comenius University, Slovakia

Topic and description: Taxonomy in Ornithology - Madeira
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr Michel Louette & Stijn Cooleman
Institution or University:Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium

Topic and description: Leafhoppers of Madeira: taxonomy, endemicity and reproductive biology
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr Dora Pombo
Institution or University: University of Madeira, Portugal

Topic and description: Marine Macroalgae
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr Willem W.F. Prud'homme van Reine (professor emeritus)
Institution or University: Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis (NHN), The Netherlands

Topic and description: Surveying bats for distributional and ecological studies: methods and applications;
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr Danilo Russo
Institution or University:Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy

Topic and description: Island Biogeography and Evolution of plants
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr Rosalind Searle
Institution or University:Open University, UK

Topic and description: Madeira Island Land Snails
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr Dinarte Nuno Teixeira
Institution or University:Direcçao Regional do Ambiente (Regional Environmental Department of Madeira Government), Portugal

Topic and description: Sampling continental freshwaters
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr Antonio Valdecasas
Institution or University:Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain

Topic and description: Botanical collections - collecting, documentation, databasing
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr Ernst Vitek
Institution or University:Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria

EU Opportunities: applying for support and research grants
Topic and description: Applying for support and research grants - EU funding opportunities for students and early career researchers
Location of the module: classroom
Training provider: Vanessa Demanoff
Institution or University:Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France

Biodiversity Inventories and monitoring
Topic and description: Biodiversity Inventories and Monitoring
Location of the module: classroom
Training provider: Marie-France Leccia
Institution or University:Parc National du Mercantour, France

Documenting diversity
Topic and description: Collections management and care
Location of the module: classroom
Training provider: Garin Cael
Institution or University: Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium

Topic and description: Digital identification tools and user generated content
Location of the module: classroom
Training provider: Dr Stefano Martellos
Institution or University: University of Trieste, Italy

Topic and description: GPS: a practical introduction
Location of the module: classroom
Training provider: Bart Meganck
Institution or University: Independant