Environmental Conservation Programs at The Field Museum

Programs

ECP spearheads action to ensure the survival of outstanding natural communities worldwide by

gathering and interpreting the best available scientific information to advance the protection and restoration of critical landscapes;
securing support for conservation from diverse stakeholders (local communities to national governments) by helping them to benefit directly from conserving the natural world; and
building the capacity of local entities to develop and implement conservation programs.

Deep roots in scientific collections and research are the key to ECP’s approaches. We have four programmatic areas:

Conservation and Information Design As our organizing framework, Conservation and Information Design focuses ECP’s actions on the protection of biological and cultural values. ECP contributes technical assistance and training that incorporate this roadmap for science-based action into long-term conservation plans.

Collections as Conservation Tools Drawing on the Museum’s extensive collections and research, ECP builds tools for rapid identification and online databases and makes them available to interested citizens and professionals worldwide.

Rapid Biological Inventories Participating in-country and international scientists identify regions and natural communities of urgent conservation importance by focusing primarily on groups of organisms that indicate habitat type and condition and that can be surveyed quickly and accurately.

Community Involvement and Conservation Education ECP works with the Museum’s Center for Cultural Understanding and Change (CCUC) to promote community-based conservation action and to offer educational opportunities to attract and sustain broad participation in conservation efforts.

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