Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Conservation from the Ground Up
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on August 5th, 2009
Source: Eanth-L - a list for the field of ecological/environmental anthropology.
In many places across the American West and around the world, community-based collaborative initiatives are seeking ways to bridge the gap between conservation and livelihood goals.
One of the persistent challenges is sustaining these efforts over time – keeping partners at the table, working through bureaucratic inertia, adapting to changing government policies, or securing resources.
This conference will bring together people with experience working collaboratively to achieve both conservation and livelihood goals in tribal nations, rangelands, forests, watersheds, agricultural lands, and urban areas, to develop strategies to sustain these efforts.
September 8-11, 2009
Session panelists will discuss their work on water, invasive species, fire, energy, forest health, ecosystem service payments, biodiversity, urbanization, climate change and other issues. We will identify strategies to build a broader system for networking, support and learning across diverse collaborative conservation initiatives.
Please join the Center for Collaboration, the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State Forest Service, and Colorado State University Extension for this inaugural conference being held at Colorado State University this fall. Community members, private land owners, land managers, policy makers, non-profits, the private sector, universities and the interested public will benefit from and contribute to our discussions.
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
