Urban Wildlife Refuge Program Standards of Excellence (USFWS)
The future success of conservation lies ultimately in our ability to inspire Americans to connect with the outdoors and nature, and to become stewards of the environment. With more than 80% of Americans now living in urban areas, our challenge is to become relevant in their daily lives. Without public awareness and support, our conservation […]
Enhanced Skills in Natural Resource Negotiation
This training course presents participants with advanced principles, skills, and techniques used in natural resource negotiation. The focus of the course is threefold: 1) strategy development, 2) personal skill enhancement, and 3) effective management of negotiating teams. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: Apply negotiation strategies to a variety of natural resource […]
Collaborative Conservation: Spectrum of Public Engagement
Explore key concepts and best practices for making collaboration work. Collaboration is a process through which parties who see different aspects of a problem can constructively explore their differences, and search for solutions that go beyond what any one of them might have thought possible. This video was produced by the US Fish and […]
Human Dimensions: Foundations of Natural Resource Conservation
This course will foster a common understanding and application of human dimensions of natural resource conservation. It will provide an overview of key concepts, methods, and practical applications; historical context and “must have” tools for the natural resource professional’s toolbox. The course is based on a human dimensions framework and relies heavily on case study […]
US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Conservation Training Center
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) leads the nation with training and education for natural resource managers to meet the goal of conserving fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the benefit of the American public. NCTC provides training opportunities for the Service, DOI, and other Federal and non-federal partners […]
Human Dimensions (HDgov)
The field of human dimensions (HD) includes diverse approaches for using social science to understand and improve environmental policy, practice and outcomes. Human dimensions inquiries strive to understand human traits and behavior and incorporate that understanding into environmental planning and practice. What is HDgov? HDgov is a comprehensive online portal providing easy access to publications, […]
Economic Profile System, Headwaters Economics
Customize and download socioeconomic reports for U.S. communities, counties, and states. The Economic Profile System is a free, easy-to-use tool that provides access to 17 socioeconomic reports. Customized reports are available for U.S. communities, counties, and states and can be downloaded as Excel or PDF files. Economic Profile System reports are based on credible public data sources such […]
Engagement Wayfinder, USFWS
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Engagement Wayfinder is an orientation to public engagement. Public engagement enables the government to incorporate public concerns, needs, and values into projects and decisions. It is sometimes used interchangeably with other terms like public participation, stakeholder engagement, and community engagement. Central to all of these terms is the idea […]
The Tools of Engagement: A Toolkit for Engaging People in Conservation
Conservation can’t happen without people. How do we, as conservation leaders, achieve the greatest impact with the most strategic use of resources? Answering this question involves finding the right balance of solutions, using science, policy, education, and communication. Some conservation leaders effectively engage people using education, social marketing, and other social strategies. Others choose not […]
Collaboration and Conflict Transformation in Multiparty Processes
Natural resource professionals involved in multiparty collaborative decision processes face increasingly complex decisions where underlying conflict can undermine their efficacy if unknown or inappropriately addressed. Conflict transformation encompasses managing and resolving conflict by harnessing the energy inherent in conflicts to motivate change and improvement, not only of the decision but also of the institutions and […]
