The Integrative Conservation
Clinic
The Integrative Conservation Clinic is an international and multi-agency initiative to connect research and expertise to conservation decision-making needs. Featuring evidence-based approaches generated by researchers and practitioners from an array of relevant disciplines - from economics to ecology, anthropology to entrepreneurship - the Clinic will connect people to strategies for modern, integrative conservation.
Launching in fall of 2023!
Why an online platform ?
So much of conservation research with management implications does not reach practitioners in a form that is useful and actionable. Other times it stays trapped in disciplinary silos. Ultimately, this means that a lot of research has little impact on the very real environmental challenges that it is intended to address. In this field, that means biodiversity loss. This is called the 'knowledge-action gap' and we want to close it.
To close the gap between knowledge and action
How will it work?
By providing evidence-based building blocks for conservation action
The clinic will provide curated content focused on evidence-based pathways to action. Pathways have three levels: an approach to dealing with a challenge, the theoretical background that is the basis of that approach, and specific tools that are used to implement that approach.
By providing uniquely multidisciplinary content
Backgrounds, approaches, and tools are pulled from across the social, natural, and applied sciences. Pathways to action that are well-known or established in conservation will be presented with insights and perspectives from other disciplines that can increase both their efficacy and ethical rigor.
By matching research and expertise to conservation decision-making needs
By engaging users based on their needs
For the user who is looking for something specific
Search & Filtering
For the user who wants to see what options are out there
Pathways Explorer
For the user who has a challenge they aren't sure how to address