Conservation Science and Innovation

Conservation is a rapidly evolving field that requires new knowledge, tools and approaches to address complex environmental challenges.

These courses explore emerging concepts and technologies that are shaping the future of conservation, helping you build the skills needed to understand environmental change, support sustainable development and make better use of data and spatial information in your work.


How Climate Change Links to Nature


Welcome! In this course, we explore the linkages between climate change and nature, and how this is relevant for conservation work. 

At the end of this course, you will feel able to: 
explain how conservation work may be impacted by climate change
- define climate mitigation and adaptation and explain the role nature can play
- identify the climate benefits of projects you work on & better communicate these benefits to different audiences

Available in PortugueseDisponível em português


Nature-Positive Enterprise

Whether you're experienced in enterprise and looking to strengthen the link between business and biodiversity outcomes, or new to enterprise development, this course will equip you with an understanding of how enterprise can be a powerful driver of biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods.
The course consists of five modules, structured to take you from conception to implementation and management of Nature-Positive Enterprises.
You'll learn from real-life case studies and, with structured guidance, develop a robust business plan for your own Nature-Positive Enterprise.

Introduction
Module 1: Redefining Enterprise: What Makes a Business Nature-Positive
Module 2: Preparing for Nature-Positive Enterprise Development
→Module 3: Introducing the Business Model Canvas for Nature-Positive Enterprises
Module 4 - Part 1: Preparing to launch a Nature-Positive Enterprise
Module 4 - Part 2: Preparing to launch a Nature-Positive Enterprise
Module 5: Managing a Nature Positive Enterprise