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Conservation has an ongoing history of excluding marginalized perspectives, especially Indigenous voices. Too many times, those affected by environmental decisions don’t have access to the decision-making process, and the resulting decisions do not consider varied perspectives. We often miss the opportunity to combine rich knowledge sources to solve problems in new, innovative ways with important community buy-in.

We will present our recently developed Toolkit on Meaningful Engagement with Indigenous and Marginalized Communities in Conservation, developed by the Center for Collaborative Conservation with funding from the EIN. This Toolkit is designed to guide students, faculty, and practitioners on ways to better engage with, support, include, and amplify Indigenous and marginalized community efforts, priorities, and knowledges within conservation fields.

This interactive multi-format session will include a presentation, group discussions, and small group activities that will have participants wrestle with and apply the principles and strategies presented.