Negotiating Coexistence
Training and strategy for resolving conflicts
in biodiversity conservation
Conflicts about wildlife and conservation areas have become one of the most urgent, complex and high-profile concerns in biodiversity conservation around the world. Disputes between different organisations and stakeholders can be very difficult to manage because they are often strongly entangled with underlying historical tensions over the interests and identities of different groups of people. Furthermore, while some disputes may be negotiable, others are so entrenched that they seem impossible to resolve. It can be unclear and daunting to work out how to address these situations, what type of help to seek, and how to prevent further escalation of conflict.
How can we make sense of these complexities and deconstruct the causes, triggers, and patterns in conflicts? What are the essential dispute negotiation and conflict resolution skills that can help conservation professionals facilitate constructive ways forward? Negotiating Coexistence is a new initiative created by Alexandra Zimmermann with the aim of supporting professionals and organisations build capacity in navigating complex tensions in conservation and achieve coexistence for people and nature.
