Best conservation Courses Online
We compared 20 Conservation courses currently listed on Coursera, edX and Udemy, priced from $49.00 to $340.20. 12 come from a named university or institution, including University of Michigan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Duke University. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
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Conservation and Sustainable Development
Offered by University of Michigan
Protecting biodiversity and supporting local and Indigenous people are too often treated as competing goals. In "Conservation and Sustainable Development," you'll explore where those goals conflict, overlap, and evolve t...
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Managing Wetlands: Conservation & Restoration
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to wetland management, exploring key practices in conservation and restoration. Students will learn the differences between wetland conservation and restoration, and the...
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Chimpanzee Behavior and Conservation
Offered by Duke University
Chimpanzees are one of our closest living relatives, yet almost nothing was known about their behavior in the wild until Jane Goodall started her groundbreaking study of the chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania in 1960. This s...
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Animal Behaviour in Science and Conservation
Offered by Wageningen University & Research
This course explores the intricacies of animal behavior through the lenses of science and conservation. You'll gain insights into how animals interact with their environment and each other, which can inform conservation...
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Wetland Science & Management: Fundamentals to Conservation
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
This specialization offers a comprehensive exploration of wetland science, from foundational knowledge to practical skills in wetland delineation and management. Learners will develop expertise in identifying, assessing,...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditEcology: Ecosystem Dynamics and Conservation
Offered by American Museum of Natural History
This course is an introduction to ecology and ecosystem dynamics using a systems thinking lens. Through a case study on Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, learners will explore how scientists study ecosystems, and inv...
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Introduction to Evolutionary Biology: Genes to Behaviour
Offered by University of Cambridge
This course gives you a solid grounding in one of biology's most fundamental disciplines, taking you from the basics of how genes build traits all the way through to the evolution of complex animal behaviour. You'll lear...
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Discover Best Practice Farming for a Sustainable 2050
Offered by University of Western Australia
The Discover Best Practice Farming for a Sustainable 2050 Course is based on a clear vision: imagine best practice farming for 2050, start to implement these strategies now, all the while making sure it will still be pro...
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Bachelor of Science in Sustainability
Offered by Maryville University
The Bachelor of Science in Sustainability focuses on preparing students to understand and address the environmental, social, and economic challenges facing our planet. Through this program, learners can expect to explore...
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The Big Stuff: Evolution and Ecology
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
In this course, we will explore how evolution works to generate new species, the wide variety of life on earth. We will also touch on the importance of biodiversity for the overall health of our planet, and for our well...
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Enviornmental Science
Offered by Auburn University at Montgomery
Explore the key concepts and practices in environmental science through this engaging course. You'll delve into topics like ecosystem dynamics, conservation strategies, and sustainability efforts. It's an excellent oppor...
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Udemy CertificateWildlife Harvesting Essentials
Wildlife Harvesting Essentials is a practical, field-focused course designed to equip learners with the core skills required to participate safely and professionally in fauna harvesting operations. The module emphasises...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditPopulation and Community Ecology
Offered by Pearson
Examine the large-scale ecological forces that shape our world, from the complex interactions between organisms and their environment to the factors that determine population size and structure. This course applies these...
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Environment and Natural Resources 101
Offered by The University of Wisconsin-Madison
The eight-hour Environment and Natural Resources 101 training course provides learners with an overview of basic environmental knowledge, including how to recognize and report environmental degradation in real-world cond...
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Antarctica in a Changing Climate
Offered by University of Canterbury
Explores the exceptional aspects of the Antarctic climate and its ecosystems, looking at the current and future impacts of environmental change, including climate change.
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Cultural Heritage in Transformation
Offered by RWTH Aachen University
Learn how to define, explore, conserve, utilize and manage cultural heritage.
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edX MOOC / Non-creditEnvironmental DNA: Sensing the Diversity of Life and Assessing Ecosystem Health
Offered by ETH Zurich
The first MOOC on environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis for biodiversity monitoring and conservation. Learn how to detect, identify and monitor species in a non-invasive way to improve our assessments of diverse ecosystems,...
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edX MOOC / Non-creditThe Living Amazon: Science, Cultures and Sustainability in Practice
Offered by SDG Academy
Learn about the importance of the Amazon at local and global scales, the threats the region faces, and how sustainable development can help save its extraordinary biodiversity and peoples for current and future generatio...
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edX MOOC / Non-creditOne Planet, One Ocean
Offered by SDG Academy
A holistic view of how the ocean functions, how human interactions with the ocean can be understood, and what solutions are available to support both sustainable use and stewardship of our blue planet.
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edX MOOC / Non-creditLandscape Ecology
Offered by ETH Zurich
This is the first MOOC to teach Landscape Ecology. Participants learn theory, methods and tools to understand the landscapes we live in and to solve landscape-related environmental problems.
$50.00listed price
What the prices here tell you
The 18 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $340.20, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $291.20. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera, edX and Udemy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 12 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Michigan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Duke University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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