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Applications are currently being accepted for the Coexistence Consortium Fellowship 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The Coexistence Fellowship is a transformative conservation programme that brings together pairs of fellows, including local community members, to collaboratively develop culturally grounded and equitable approaches to human-wildlife coexistence.Rather than treating conservation as a purely technical or scientific challenge, the fellowship places community knowledge and mutual learning at the centre of conservation practice.The programme aims to encourage a conservation model based on empathy, reciprocity and shared responsibility, helping participants explore practical approaches for communities and wildlife to coexist more effectively. Candidates are encouraged to apply as a team of two, creating an opportunity for different perspectives and experiences to come together throughout the fellowship.
The programme is particularly relevant to individuals working or engaging in areas such as:
The programme’s team-based application model also makes it particularly valuable for applicants who already have a potential community or professional partner with whom they can develop a collaborative conservation initiative.
Relevant for individuals engaged in:
Conservation & biodiversity
Human–wildlife coexistence
Community-based conservation
Environmental research & wildlife management
Indigenous/local knowledge & community development
Conservation education, policy, and practice
Applicants should ideally have a community or professional partner to collaborate with.
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