Private Sector Partnerships for Conservation

• To share lessons learned from partnerships with private sector companies
• To identify necessary elements for positive partnership with strong conservation outcomes
• To learn about the various roles that should be played by industry, community, government and conservation stakeholders

Minutes of the meeting may be found here (click for link)

Please see "Tools and Resources" for key documents, including several written for ABCG, supported by USAID's Biodiversity Analysis and Technical Support:

• Private Sector Partnerships for Conservation brochure
• Are partnerships the key to conserving Africa's biodiversity? Four partnership case studies between mining companies and conservation NGOs, by Rowena Smuts/Conservation Interantional 
• Building Private-sector Partnerships for Conservation (PSPCs): Lessons learned from the Buffer Zone Project in Northern Congo, by John Poulsen
• Using Private Sector Alliances to Address Drivers of the Bushmeat Trade: Experience from AWF, by Moses Kanene/African Wildlife Foundation

Presentations included: 

• How can we scale up collaboration with private sector actors?
• How is effective collaboration with extractive industry challenged when working with non-traditional partners, such as those that are state-controlled (or influenced) enterprise?
• How can we help to build the capacity of conservationists on the ground to work more effectively with the private sector?