Ep38: Empowering Future Wildlife Conservation Leaders with Nina Fascione & Jeff Flocken
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The field of wildlife conservation has some of the most passionate and determined people in the world. To build a career protecting animals requires professionals in this field to have a diverse and complex toolbox of skills and knowledge. However, as happens in many other careers, academic training is only the beginning of the learning journey and often does not fully cover the wide range of challenges and opportunities that individuals will face in the real world. Recognizing this gap, Nina Fascione (Exec. Director, International Rhino Foundation) and Jeffrey Flocken (President, Humane Society International), created the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders (EWCL) program in 2005 to afford early-career wildlife conservationists an opportunity to become better-rounded professionals. Through EWCL, participants in the program are equipped with a gamut of skills, techniques, and approaches to wildlife conservation, and are connected to a large network of peers around the world. We talk about the program, its evolution, and future, diving into some very amusing stories of how EWCL came to be and continues to change people's lives straight from the start.
Highlights
- The borderline nutty dedication to getting EWCL off the ground. ;)
- What kinds of impacts has EWCL had throughout the world?
- How can someone become a part of this fantastic network?
What YOU Can Do
If you're an early career conservationist, apply to join the next EWCL class! Tell them Forces for Nature sent you!
Applications are due October 31st, 2021.
Resources
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