09/10/2025
17:30 - 18:30
Reimagining Conservation
, Onsite
Session with interpretation
Why attend
We invite people from across the conservation sector to come together to learn about different approaches and discuss practical ideas to reimagine conservation to at once center human rights and more-than-human agency.
Session Description
Scientists have long prioritized species ecology, population dynamics and ecosystem functioning in conservation planning. But, what would conservation policy and practice entail if we were to also incorporate the agency, cultures and aspirations of a variety of more-than-humans. How do Indigenous Peoples and other non-dominant cultures incorporate more-than-human agency in their decision-making and what can mainstream conservation learn from it? This session builds on the previous session on storytelling about human-nonhuman kinship to invite collective reflections on this increasingly urgent question. We will hear from a range of speakers from across the conservation sector/IUCN membership on how they are trying to bring the more- than- human into conservation decision-making. This will be followed by a discussion to consider next steps to take forward beyond the congress.Organised by
Reimagining Conservation Pavilion
Partners
Arcus Foundation ( United States of America )
International Institute for Environment and Development ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Synchronicity Earth ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
ICCA Consortium
Cambridge Conservation Initiative
Speaker
Co-chair, IUCN CEESP SSC Conservation of Animal Cultures Task Force, IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025
Assistant Professor, IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025
Moderator
