Conservation Futures Academy

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ASU is training conservation leaders for a fast-growing nature economy

The Conservation Futures Academy has launched an online certificate that prepares field scientists and managers to lead the finance, GIS mapping and partnership work the next decade of conservation will demand.

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How ASU is building disaster readiness into the conservation workforce

As natural disasters reshape protected landscapes, the conservation workforce needs skills that degree pipelines alone cannot supply fast enough. ASU Learning Enterprise is building that capacity through short, work-ready programs, and a new disaster preparedness course from Conservation Futures Academy shows the model at work.