FLARE Network Webinar Series

The FLARE Secretariat is excited to announce its new series: The FLARE Network Seminars. The goal of this series is to bring researchers, policymakers, and practitioners together to advance understanding and action around timely and globally important topics at the intersection of forests and livelihoods.

The first webinar, “Conservation legacies: New methods, evidence, and directions in conservation impact assessment”, will showcase recent research assessing the long-term impacts of conservation funding, with case studies from Bhutan, Madagascar, and Peru. The work was carried out by an interdisciplinary group of scholars led by FLARE Coordinator Daniel Miller and Jana Diesner from the Technical University of Munich, previously University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. 

Webinar Title: Conservation Legacies: New methods, evidence, and directions in conservation impact assessment

Date and Time: Thursday, December 11, 2025 | 9:00–10:30 EST (15:00–16:30 CET)

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Organizers: Technical University of Munich (TUM) and University of Notre Dame (ND) with funding support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. 

Speakers: 

Jana Diesner, TUM (Germany)

Daniel Miller, FLARE/ND (USA)

Jeremy Brooks, Ohio State University (USA)

Johanna Eklund, University of Helsinki (Finland)

Katia Nakamura, FLARE/ND (USA)

Shadi Rezapour, Drexel University (USA)

Sonam Wangyel Wang, Bhutan Institute of Himalayan Studies/Korea University (Bhutan/South Korea)

Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek, South Dakota State University (USA)

Agenda:

1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Methods
   1. Qualitative attribution methods for conservation impact assessment
   2. Data science advances for conservation impact assessment
3. Country Case Study Results
   1. Bhutan
   2. Madagascar
   3. Peru
   4. Cross-cutting lessons on conservation funding impacts over the long term
4. Discussion and Q&A
5. Outlook and Session Close

Photo: Gregoire Dubois, licensed under: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0