Can Wild Economies Fund Conservation? From Livelihoods to Resilient Nature-Based Economies

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12/10/2025
15:00 - 15:45
Human-Centred Conservation Pavilion , Sur site

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Explore whether sustainable use can become a reliable, socially accepted source of conservation funding. Learn from practical examples, innovative financing, and the difficulties of being resilient. This panel will challenge assumptions, highlight trade-offs, and inspire new approaches that link wildlife economies with wellbeing, governance, and ecological integrity.

Description de la séance

Conservation requires resources, but donor funding is unreliable and photographic tourism has proven a fragile silver bullet. Can sustainable use, from regulated hunting to wild harvesting, create viable and resilient nature-based economies? This panel will go beyond familiar arguments to ask hard questions: what makes wild economies truly achievable and sustainable? Can they gain social acceptance in the Global North, where political risks are high and this idea is counterculture? How can innovation, from blockchain traceability to direct-to-market platforms, build the transparency and credibility these models need? Panellists will confront trade-offs, debate risks, and explore whether wild economies can deliver not just revenues, but wellbeing, governance, and ecological integrity.
Organised by
Jamma International ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Partenaires
Wild Sheep Foundation ( United States of America )
Arlan Foundation
United Nations Environment Programme
Conservation Visions
International Institute for Economic Development
Fundacion De Vida Silvestre En Sonora

Speaker

Speaker Aibat MUZBAY

Wildlife biologist, IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025

Speaker Shane MAHONEY

President, Policy & Law Division, Conservation Visions

Speaker JACOBO ARTEE

President of Conservation Projects, Sierra el Alamo / Alcampo Hunting Adventures

Speaker Johannes REFISCH

Project Manager, United Nations Environment Programme

Moderator

Speaker Gray THORNTON

President and CEO, Wild Sheep Foundation