Supporting rights and equity in practice

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11/10/2025
18:00 - 19:00
Reimagining Conservation , Onsite
Session with interpretation

Why attend

Come to this session to learn from case study presentations and join a discussion about practical tools and approaches for implementing rights-based conservation on the ground.

Session Description

Rights-based conservation incorporates but goes further than support for community conservation; it also involves working to reduce power imbalances by engaging directly or indirectly with duty-bearers as well as rights-holders. This session will explore what this means in practice, with examples from the ground. It will then provide a space for discussion of how we can best implement equitable, effective rights-based conservation practice, whether as indigenous and community organisations, protected areas managers, NGO staff, corporate sustainability staff, conservation managers or others.
Organised by
Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy
Partners
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Speaker

Speaker Nugkui Teresa NONINGO MAURICIO

Apoyo técnico externo, Wampis indigenous peoples

Speaker Nutdanai TRAKANSUPHAKON

Social Enterprise del. & communication coordinator, Pgakenyaw Association for Sustainable Development

Speaker Melissa DE KOCK

Deputy Director, UNEP

Speaker Melanie SCHWEIKART

Project Manager Biodiversity and Marine Conservation at the International Climat, Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH