Introduction to Social Safeguards

Welcome to this Introduction to Social Safeguards course.

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Define the meaning of Social Safeguards and the relationship with “safeguarding of children and adults at risk”
• Explain how Social Safeguards can contribute to fair and effective biodiversity conservation
• Analyse some of the risks, costs and benefits for local stakeholders that might arise as a result of common conservation strategies
• List the common tools that can help us apply Social Safeguards policies and procedures