5.1 Using this manual
Three versions of the manual are available:
- The complete manual printed (hard copy) and available through SPREP.
- An electronic PDF version of the whole manual which can be downloaded from the SPREP website. This version can be used for you to "go shopping" and build your own manual so that the methods chosen are appropriate to the project or programme you are looking at for your country. Experts from the PSAG can also help you to work out which methods to include in your manual.
- This online version, which has been used to deliver a Training-of-Trainers (ToT) package for Palau, and a three-day workshop.
The electronic manual (PDF version) will be kept up to date to account for changes in technology, new developments in methods, and potentially new case studies. It will be linked closely to the Pacific Seabird Advisory Group (PSAG) (see next section 5.2), so you can get advice (almost a chat line) as you develop your project or programme.