Conservation entrepreneurship for offshore island enterprises: a perspective
Derek Ball
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A Independent Consultant.
Pacific Conservation Biology - https://doi.org/10.1071/PC21056
Submitted: 24 August 2021 Accepted: 12 December 2021 Published online: 1 February 2022
© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing
Abstract
Conservation entrepreneurship is based on the notion that it is possible to build a business system around a conservation challenge, and in doing so, create a targeted and adequate resourcing mechanism to support interventions, over adequate time frames. Constructing business models is not something that is usually at the forefront of a conservation practitioner’s agenda, nor often within their capacity. This paper takes the reader through the process of building such models, within the context of offshore islands in the Australian region, and using structures and terminologies that are commonplace in the business world, but perhaps not so much so in the conservation sector. In addition, this business model approach is presented in context of the ‘collective impact’ framework, which involves centralised infrastructure, dedicated management, and a structure ensuring development of a common agenda, shared measurement systems (i.e. of what success looks like), continuous communication, and mutually reinforcing activities amongst all those involved.
Keywords: business management, conservation funding, conservation policy, conservation resourcing, conservation tools, island biodiversity, island management, natural.
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