Preserving Nature: Biodiversity and Jobs

The Wyss Academy for Nature at the University of Bern offers a new approach to pressing issues at the intersection of climate change, biodiversity loss and land use change. In its 2023 Annual Report, it looks back at the fourth year since its creation. Watch this interview with Dr. Cornelius Okello, Senior Research Scientist in the Integrative Biodiversity Conservation Science Research & Innovation Team.
To rethink conservation, the Research & Innovation team on Integrative Biodiversity Conservation Science, led by Prof. Dr. Margaret Owuor, experiments with new approaches and focuses on addressing three main questions: How can the management of different conservation areas be designed to benefit both nature and people? How can conflicts between conservation and local livelihoods be turned into co-benefits? Which innovative institutional arrangements and partnerships can render nature conservation beneficial for local communities?
Head to the Wyss Academy website to read its 2023 Annual Report: annualreport.wyssacademy.org