Thursday, July 9, 2026

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room BM.1.26

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There is consensus that conservation interventions and planning are more likely to be effective and just if they are adapted to the social-ecological contexts in which they happen. How to design and operationalize such context-specific solutions, however, is less clear. Archetype analysis has recently emerged as a framework and a set of associated tools that can aid in this task. It aims to structure and interpret social-ecological complexity to identify and explain recurring patterns of human-environment phenomena, such as major types of farming systems, human-carnivore interactions, deforestation frontiers, or linkages between protected areas and their surroundings. As archetypes group cases or regions that share similar conservation contexts, challenges, or outcomes, archetype analysis can unlock new possibilities for cross-regional learning, for understanding why conservation interventions fail or succeed, or for better targeting of conservation action. The symposium will showcase applications of archetype analysis, highlight recent methodological and conceptual advances, and discuss opportunities of archetype analysis for conservation science and practice. The symposium aims to bring together individuals from Conservation Science, Land System Science, and Social-Ecological Research, including scholars and practitioners of different cultural backgrounds and career stages, to explore and discuss these issues and to foster collaboration across disciplinary boundaries.

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