The 16th annual Regional Conservation Partnership Network Gathering will take place on Thursday, November 6, at UMass Amherst. This year’s conference, “A Home for Us All: Working Together for a Resilient Future,” will focus on the crucial intersection of housing, conservation, and justice.
Working across boundaries and cultivating trust are essential to protect enough habitat for biodiversity to flourish while also ensuring equitable and accessible housing and land for people. Achieving this vision of an interconnected, resilient, and just landscape amid sweeping changes in federal policy, growing income inequality, and the worsening climate crisis will require strong partnerships and a willingness to share knowledge, resources, energy, and time.
Regional Conservation Partnerships have a crucial role to play in building bridges and forging alliances across boundaries and sectors. RCPs work at the landscape scale, but individual partners work with local communities. Their work can frame our discussions in a way that underscores our collective responsibility as stewards of the home we all share.
Gather with us on November 6 as we explore innovative and just solutions to the related biodiversity and housing crises. Click the link below to submit a Proposal to Present or Apply to Table. The deadline for proposals is May 16.