Focal Areas
Each Symposium focuses on specific contemporary issues, but the focal areas are listed below:
Addressing today’s conservation challenges requires a collective commitment to learning, innovation, and evidence-informed action. By bringing together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and communities, this theme explores how knowledge and collaboration can be harnessed to drive more effective, equitable, and lasting conservation outcomes.
Some key themes for consideration:
- Sustainable Financing & Ecosystem Services
- Legislative & Regulatory Frameworks
- Climate Change & Ecological Connectivity
- OECMS – Emerging Norms & Standards
- Technology & Innovation in Conservation
- Knowledge Management & Decision Support
- Sustainable Use & Conservation Funding Models
- Forestry & Fire Management
- One Health & Environmental Contaminants
- Human–Wildlife Conflict & The Human–Wildlife Interface
- Special Session, Environmental Management: St Lucia at a Tipping Point – Catchment to Coast

The Conservation Symposium occupies a niche in African conservation: where science is peer reviewed against the realities of practice, and where connections and collaborations are forged across disciplines and sectors.
Dr yvette Ehlers SmithSteercomm/Scientific Committee Member

