Reimagining Conservation

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10/10/2025
11:00 - 12:00
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub , Onsite

Why attend

Reimagine conservation through the lenses of justice, power, relationships, and action. In this interactive 45-minute session, CEESP invites participants to co-create new paradigms—exploring leadership’s humility, equitable finance, community-driven governance, and participatory conservation action—to accelerate a more inclusive, just, and transformative future.

Session Description

At a pivotal moment in conservation, CEESP’s Policy Matters issue reframes the field around four transformative themes: leadership and justice, money and power, relationships, and conservation action. This 45-minute session will immerse participants in interactive formats—story-driven micro talks, small-group dialogue, and “future-vision” mapping—designed to spark reflection and collective creativity. Imagine reshaping leadership grounded in empathy, redistributing finance to empower communities, forging equitable co-management, and translating insight into locally rooted conservation strategies. Participants will engage across these themes to surface bold ideas, actionable steps, and new alliances that reimagine conservation for our changing world. Walk away with practical inspiration and a renewed commitment to justice, equity, and community-led conservation transformation.
Organised by
Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy
Partners
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Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy
Commission on Education and Communication logo
Commission on Education and Communication
Synchronicity Earth ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ) logo
Synchronicity Earth ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Australian National Committee of IUCN Members
Conservation International ( United States of America )

Speaker

Speaker AMELIA ARREGUIN PRADO

Coordinator / Project officer, CBD Women's Caucus & Forest Peoples Programme

Speaker Erica MCCREEDY

Chief Operations Officer, North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Ltd

Speaker Jessica SWEIDAN

Trustee, Synchronicity Earth

Speaker Galeo SAINTZ

Conservationist, Trails + Wanderlust, WTN Trails + Conservation

Host

Speaker Sean SOUTHEY

CEO, Canadian Wildlife Federation / IUCN CEC

Moderator

Speaker Ameyali RAMOS

Deputy Chair, CEESP, IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025

Speaker Kristen WALKER-PAINEMILLA

Senior Vice President/Managing Director, IUCN/ Conservation International