Funding the ground up: what communities and their supporters want and need to be successful

12/10/2025
14:00 - 15:30
Reimagining Conservation
Sesión con interpretación

Por qué asistir

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of what kind of support local communities and organizations want and need to be successful in their work. While each organization and community is different, we will identify common factors for more effective funding of community-level work.

Descripción de la sesión

What if we flipped the conservation funding conversation on its head – redefining communities not as recipients of aid, but as the primary investors in conservation? And then, find out what additional support they need to be truly successful.

This session will challenge conventional power dynamics in conservation funding by centering the perspectives of community leaders and those who support them. We will explore what it means to truly start from the ground up–designing funding approaches that are rooted in community priorities, values, and lived realities.
Organised by
Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy
Asociaciones
Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy

Speaker

Speaker Jessie DAVIE

Director

Funding the ground up: what communities and their supporters want and need to be successful

Speaker Jerry MANG'ENA

Funding the ground up: what communities and their supporters want and need to be successful

Speaker Angus MIDDLETON

Funding the ground up: what communities and their supporters want and need to be successful

Speaker Dickson KAELO

Funding the ground up: what communities and their supporters want and need to be successful

Speaker Won Wa Musiti BIHINI

Funding the ground up: what communities and their supporters want and need to be successful

Speaker Patrick KIMANI

Director

Funding the ground up: what communities and their supporters want and need to be successful

Speaker Allen JIJI

Funding the ground up: what communities and their supporters want and need to be successful

Speaker Neema PATHAK BROOME

International Policy Coordinator

Funding the ground up: what communities and their supporters want and need to be successful