TREx 2022 provides participants with an immersive course, offering an exciting introduction in the world of tropical research! Our course is targeted at graduate level students (local and international), and working professionals, and is aimed to train a new generation of field biologists. TREx exposes participants to field-based and hands-on, teaching and training of theory, techniques and experiments, at IBER and at our remote field station located in Ulu Temburong National Park in Brunei.
The course provides participants with a rich panel of invited speakers that have a proven theoretical and experimental research background, covering a wide range of topics in and aspects of tropical research and conservation. Throughout the program, enrichment components such as amphibian/reptile night walks, dawn bird walks and nighttime insect light-trapping, are provided under the guidance of experienced local researchers. The course program ends with group research projects designed by students themselves and presenting the results in a public research seminar.