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How can we come together to solve our most pressing environmental challenges?

By transforming conservation into a force that unites and not divides.

This is our mission and our work. Collaborative Conservation. Conservation guided by local knowledge, community participation, and science to sustain both people and places.

LEARN

Classroom and experiential learning for undergraduate and graduate students

PRACTICE

Strategies to build collaborative capacity designed by practitioners for practitioners

DISCOVER

Transformative research on testing and adapting collaborative conservation

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FELLOWS PROGRAM

Worldwide network of students, researchers, and practitioners in collaborative conservation

ATLAS PROJECT

An evolving, interactive Atlas of Collaborative Conservation in Colorado.

PEAKS TO PEOPLE

A watershed investment fund bringing the community into management decisions

Collaboration Resource Finder Tool (CRAFT)

Welcome to CRAFT, a tool to help you find resources and learning opportunities

to build your collaborative capacity.

CRaFT

Blogs

Modeling and Monitoring Shrub Encroachment in the Guassa Community Conservation Area, Ethiopia By, Cara Steger

Resources

A global assessment of Indigenous community engagement in climate research

Opportunities

Conservation Connect Fellowship Program

Where We Work

Our staff and fellows  work with partners around the globe – click to see who is working where!

9
Years

135
Fellows

26
Countries

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