How can conservation become more equitable?

In the wake of the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement, a new study examines how systemic racism and exclusion continue to shape conservation.

The research shows how marginalisation across race, class, nationality, urban-rural divides, and power disproportionately affects Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) communities, particularly in the Global South.

The authors propose a framework for more inclusive conservation, centered around human rights, community agency, and BIPOC engagement to build more equitable and lasting approaches for people and nature.

Read the study, published in Nature, led by Moreangels Mbizah and co-authored by WildCRU’s Tanesha Allen, Julius Bright Ross, Amy Dickman, Darragh Hare and Lauren Rudd.