Are you ok with conservation programs that might unintentionally exacerbate social injustice? Yeah, we don’t feel too great about that risk either.  Enter social and environmental safeguards.  Social and environmental safeguards aim to minimize harm and maximize benefits for people and the environment, and they are becoming a standard expectation in conservation practice.’

Do you work on conservation anywhere on Earth? This session is for you, whether safeguards is a new area for you or you have experience to share on the topic.  Learn about the need for safeguards, the safeguarding mechanisms different conservation organizations have developed, and how to integrate safeguards practically in the cycle. Understand how safeguards relate to broader efforts towards inclusive and equitable conservation and how they can help address key risks facing many people we work with across the globe, such as violence against environmental defenders.

Hosts: Leander Lacy, Jenny Baca, Will Beale