Conservation Through Connection
8 October 2025
As part of the MPhil in Conservation Leadership, Maritza McCudden completed a professional placement with Fauna & Flora focused on how connection to place and belonging can strengthen people-centered conservation. Conservation has often relied on regulatory, educational, or incentive-based approaches. While valuable...
8 October 2025
During his placement with Fauna & Flora , Eko Chalim worked on evaluating and improving the UK Internship Programme. This meant critically examining how the programme supports diversity and access and identifying where barriers still exist. Coming from Indonesia, Eko had to adapt to a different cultural and...
What if the most reviled creatures on Earth could speak for themselves?
8 October 2025
What if the most reviled creatures on Earth could speak for themselves? This question drove Michael Akrasi, a student from Ghana in the Cambridge Masters in Conservation Leadership, to explore an innovative approach during his professional placement. Working with Nature Perspectives , a pioneering organisation founded by...
The Cambridge Masters in Conservation Leadership is a ground-breaking course that equips students with the applied leadership and management skills needed to create positive change in conservation. The Masters is hosted in the Department of Geography and delivered in collaboration with the Cambridge Conservation Initiative in the David Attenborough Building.
Applications for October 2026 are now open.
Course overview flyer available here.
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