Collaborative conservation in local landscapes
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2009
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Christoffersen, Nils, author
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Collaborative conservation at the local level continues to struggle, but it holds more promise than other strategies in securing relevant social, economic and ecological benefits. To deliver on this promise, community-based conservation needs investment in local leadership and organizations, new relationships at the regional and national level, and policies that catalyze small-scale, decentralized action on a broad scale towards sustainability. Such investments and support will only be possible if more people understand the nature and potential of this strategy. The ultimate goal is true grass-roots action by individuals and communities to secure the health of their own communities and lands, and, in aggregate, significant national benefits for a generation.
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Keynote presentation at Bridging the gap: collaborative conservation from the ground up conference, September 8-11, 2009, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, sponsored by the Center for Collaborative Conservation, https://collaborativeconservation.org/. This conference brought together people with experience working collaboratively to achieve both conservation and livelihood goals in tribal nations, rangelands, forests, watersheds, agricultural lands, and urban areas. Christoffersen is the executive director for Wallowa Resources. He has a bachelor's in Economics from Williams, and a Masters in Forestry from Oxford University. His work experience includes six years in eastern and southern Africa on forestry and wildlife management issues, with an emphasis on community-based natural resource management. Previously, Christoffersen has served as executive director for the U.S. Office of Africa Resources Trust and regional program coordinator for the IUCN Regional Office in Southern Africa. Other work includes policy work with the European Commission on matters related to CITES and natural resource management, and short-term field work in Australia (livestock), U.K. (forestry), Norway (forestry and fishing), and Israel (agriculture). Since working in Oregon, Christoffersen has served on the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry and he chaired the Governor of Oregon's Eastside Forest Advisory Panel from 2003 to 2005.
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collaborative conservation
community-based conservation
leadership
strategies