Strengthening capacity for species conservation in South-east Asia: a provisional assessment of needs and opportunities for the Asian Species Action Partnership

Chao, Nerissa; Loffeld, Thirza A.C.; Mastro, Kate; Willcox, Daniel; Guthrie, Vicki; Rao, Madhu

doi:10.1017/s0030605321001010

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“…The Capacity Building for Conservation Conference series (in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019) has been an important first step in this process. This conference series has resulted in numerous outcomes, such as new collaborations, new funding relationships, improved communication, as well as the articles comprising this special theme in Oryx focused on conservation capacity development (Appleton et al, 2021; Sandbrook et al, 2021; Sterling et al, 2021; Abu-Bakarr et al, 2022; Bruyere et al, 2022; Campagnaro et al, 2022; Chao et al, 2022; Gerrie et al, 2022; Loffeld et al, 2022a,b; O'Connell et al, 2022; Porzecanski et al, 2022).…”

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Donor perspectives on strengthening capacity development for conservation

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Global perspectives on the pathways for developing capacity for conservation remain limited. Hindering the robustness of solutions is a dearth of opportunities to foster discussion and dialogue among capacity development practitioners, academics, partners, beneficiaries and donors. Additionally, little is known about donor perspectives on capacity development, and about pathways to developing a more sustainable investment in capacity development for conservation. The 2019 Capacity Building for Conservation Conference in London, UK, provided a unique opportunity to convene more than 150 capacity development practitioners from the global conservation community. The Conference included structured opportunities to hear donor perspectives on strengthening capacity development. Session leaders took detailed notes to document donor perspectives and the discussions around them. A thematic analysis of this empirical evidence resulted in the identification of four key themes with corresponding recommendations, consisting of (1) collaborative design of capacity development initiatives, (2) monitoring and evaluation, (3) longer-term and flexible investments, and (4) building strong relationships between donors and grantees. Given the Convention on Biological Diversity is currently drafting the long-term strategic framework for capacity development post-2020, and global calls to protect significant portions of our land- and seascapes, our recommendations are timely and may inform a way forward.

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Donor perspectives on strengthening capacity development for conservation

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“…Despite mentorship being deemed an essential complement to training programs to equip early-career scientists for future success (Sterling et al, 2021;Chao et al, 2022), we were often told by Indonesian students that they are unfamiliar with what "mentorship" entails. If a limited number of mentors are available, students may agree to work on advisor projects but never gain the ability to have one-on-one career-oriented conversations with the advisor, much less lead their own research projects and develop their own interests.…”

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“…A truly equitable mentorship is a relationship that promotes growth of the mentee as a person in totality instead of only specific technical or professional competencies (Winston and Dahlbergh, 2019). Mentorship is often treated as only a complement to technical workshops (Chao et al, 2022), but it should be deemed an important component in its own right if the goal is to have more women in leadership roles in the future. The mentor is a stable force through which the mentee can receive long-term, regular feedback, and promote growth through guidance, intensity, reflection, and regulated learning.…”

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“…Based on our literature review, there were few references that speak to the experiences and challenges faced by women in conservation in Indonesia. The voices of Global South mentees are largely under-represented in the literature about mentorship, and what is available is limited in scope (e.g., Neils, 2015;Larasatie et al, 2020;Chao et al, 2022;Poor et al, 2021). Existing studies often analyze the experiences of mentees from the perspective of mentors from the Global North and do not fully capture the challenges early career conservationists may face (Poor et al, 2021).…”

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The power of woman-to-woman mentorship in creating long-term changes in biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asia

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Tsang

Lanusi³

2022

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Growing evidence indicates that women’s involvement and leadership are important to creating inclusive conservation programs, increasing likelihood of success, and achieving sustainability. Effective future women leaders can be created by providing them with dedicated mentorship, as in long-term support and dynamic learning that encompass the entirety of a person, not only their technical training. Mentorship by women is key to ensuring more women are empowered, can advance their careers, and become independent leaders in their domains. The ways mentorship contribute to a woman’s career have been frequently studied in medicine, sports, and education, yet rarely in conservation. Providing real examples of long-term mentorships centered on the perspective of a mentee from the Global South will demonstrate an applicable roadmap towards recruiting and retaining women in conservation. We recount two sets of ten-year long mentor-mentee relationships—one with a foreign mentor and the other domestic—based on our personal experiences in Indonesia. We examined issues raised by Indonesian women in conservation and provided targeted solutions that may be applicable to a broader audience. The resulting group of empowered, capable women can rely on one another for technical and moral support, along with work together to shift social norms towards becoming more inclusive of women in more varied roles and at multiple career levels in conservation. In highlighting real examples, mentees can understand what they should seek out and expect from mentorship, and how women from the Global North and Global South can provide true mentorship to more women without access to the same opportunities. We hope to inspire more women from the Global South to continue their careers and be leaders in conservation.

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“…These individuals and their institutions need both technical and functional capacities, but these leaders will also require less tangible skills such as being relational and reflective, trust-building, visioning and problem-solving (Black, 2021; Abu-Bakarr et al, 2022; Campagnaro et al, 2022; Loffeld et al, 2022b). Removing barriers, such as budget, language and location, to accessing relevant learning activities is an important consideration (Chao et al ., 2022).…”

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