Training the next generation of conservation leaders

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The Effective Conservation Cooperative is a field-based two-week long training initiative that takes place every year. Its aim is to increase the number of team leaders working in conservation who have the skills to manage the social, political and historical complexities associated with contemporary conservation practices. “We hope that these training initiatives will indirectly result in accelerated restoration and rewilding of degraded landscapes across the world,” says Clayton Zazu, programme officer for Oak Foundation’s Regenerative Agriculture Sub-programme.

The Frankfurt Zoological Society, African Parks, Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and Rewilding Argentina have partnered to run the Effective Conservation Cooperative initiative. African Parks Rwanda hosted the most recent course, which took place in September. Nine senior conservation practitioners trained, empowered, and inspired the course participants, sharing their many decades of experience. “Overall, I would recommend this course to any team leader which actually want to make a difference in conservation. The course provides an opportunity to meet, network and make lasting friendships with some of the best conservation practitioners from around the world,” says Kevin S. Ibanez Saravia of Frankfurt Zoological Society, a course participant from Peru.

This work falls under our Regenerative Agriculture Sub-programme, which is part of our Environment Programme. The sub-programme envisions a world in which degraded landscapes and ecosystems are restored for the benefit of both people and wildlife. Learn more about the cooperative, here. Watch this video to find out more about the recent course in Rwanda:

Click on the following names to find out about the Frankfurt Zoological Society, African Parks, Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and Rewilding Argentina.