POSITION SUMMARY We aim to meet increasing demands for energy resources, water supply and food production with low environmental impact, and in a mindset where nature is seen as a critical input to these key human needs. We do this by engaging governments, the private sector and local communities to ensure that conservation is a critical outcome in economic development. We have four inter-related areas of work: the first is focused on transforming how development occurs on ‘working’ lands, broadly including croplands, pasturelands and forests; the second is around influencing climate policy to include a much stronger recognition of the role of natural carbon storage in soils and vegetation; the third is to advance siting and mitigation practices where agricultural or energy developm