Our Vision
- Create an interdisciplinary environment for research on biodiversity conservation and the social context within which humans engage with nature
- To build a diverse and inclusive conservation community
- To pursue common agendas from a variety of intellectual starting points and creating possibilities for creating significant advances in conservation knowledge
- Engage in non-traditional conservation training and support; increase the breadth of social science content within conservation research
- Develop a nurturing space for, and actively facilitate, cross-disciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange
Our Values
- Mutual learning and collaboration among diverse stakeholders
- Understand and respect other disciplines and their methodologies
- Learning from other visions of reality to inform our own scientific understanding