First strategy section: capacity sharing for biodiversity as community and regional development

The first strategy section explores key needs, barriers, and opportunities in relation to how biodiversity conservation intersects with community and regional development. Workshop participants emphasised the importance of stronger collaboration, ethical engagement with Indigenous and local communities, knowledge sharing, and the meaningful involvement of youth and intergenerational perspectives. Despite identified social and structural barriers, participants highlighted strong community assets – such as local knowledge centres, community-based science, locally grounded and regenerative livelihood practices, and established networks – as concrete starting points for capacity sharing and as a foundational contribution to the CAP-SHARE model.