The Salazar Center for North American Conservation’s 2020 International Symposium on Conservation Impact will highlight best-in-class examples in North American cities of enhancing natural systems to improve community health and support climate resilience. It will serve as a continuation and extension of the Center’s 2019 symposium. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions on large gatherings, the symposium will be held virtually to ensure the health and safety of all participants.

The symposium will feature a broad group of policy leaders, practitioners, and researchers who work in and around cities. They will explore efforts in the US, Canada, and Mexico to: 

• Understand and measure links between the health of natural systems and human health and well-being

• Build natural solutions to support climate adaptation and resilience

• Grow and empower a broader, more diverse, inclusive, and equitable set of stakeholders for this work

• Improve habitat and human connectivity in and through cities and metropolitan areas

Registration will open the week of July 20. To learn more visit the Salazar Center’s website.