ACE for Wildlife Network Learning Agenda

Since the creation of the Advancing Conservation through Empathy for Wildlife (ACE for Wildlife™) Network in 2019, many questions have emerged about the role empathy plays in advancing our conservation missions and how there might be unintended consequences of fostering empathy in audiences. To create structure around addressing these questions, the ACE for Wildlife Network has developed a strategic learning agenda to identify the questions most relevant for us to collectively investigate over the next five years.

This document started as an initial springboard, based on feedback from events, surveys, check-ins, interviews, and focus groups from the past three years. It has subsequently been reviewed by the Strategic Learning Committee (SLC), Network participants, Woodland Park Zoo staff, and researchers with subject matter expertise. Throughout this process, we welcomed questions, comments, concerns, and general feedback. We also intend for this learning agenda to be a living document, revisited annually for review and revision based on evolving Network needs and developments.