Consulting and advisory services
People and firms you can hire when a project needs strategy, evaluation, economics or a grant writer.
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Human Nature Group
Social science, strategy and evaluation consulting for mission-driven groups
Hire them when a project needs social science rather than more ecology
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BLUeDNA Institute
eDNA surveys, bioinformatics and protocol training for conservation programs
Contract marine eDNA work end to end, or get your own protocols trained and checked
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Strategically Wild
Species conservation strategy consulting
Bring them in when a species needs a strategy and nobody internally has written one
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Global Conservation Solutions
Conservation planning and facilitation services
Hire for planning, coaching or geospatial work when you need it done rather than learned
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Maliasili
Organizational development for local conservation groups
Approach if you are a local group whose bottleneck is the organization, not the conservation
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Wildlife Impact
Independent program evaluation and capacity development
Commission an independent evaluation, which carries far more weight with funders than a self-report
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Conservation Strategy Fund
Conservation economics analysis and training
Get the economics done, or take their training so you can argue the value yourself
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IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group
Species planning workshops and mentoring
Request a planning workshop when a species needs every range state in one room
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Capacity for Conservation
Organizational health checks for conservation groups
Run the free self-assessment before paying a consultant to tell you the same thing
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Development for Conservation
Fundraising and board development consulting
Bring them in when the board, not the program, is what limits your fundraising
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Conservation Careers coaching
Career coaching and application review
Get an application reviewed before sending it, which beats another year of rejections
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On Life and Wildlife grant writing
Freelance conservation grant writing and editing
Hire a freelance writer who already knows conservation vocabulary, so you edit far less
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Lupine Grant Strategies
Grant writing for environmental nonprofits
Ask for a grant readiness assessment first, since project-based pricing depends on it
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Conservation Coaches Network: Find a Coach
Directory of conservation planning coaches you can bring into a project
Search the coach database for someone near you rather than flying one in
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Conservation Finance Alliance professional services
Directory of conservation finance consultants
Find a finance consultant through members, which filters out those without a track record
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CIEEM Registered Practice Directory
Searchable directory of ecological consultancies, UK and Ireland
Check a UK or Irish consultancy is a registered practice before commissioning survey work
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Maine Land Trust Network consultants
Regional directory of independent conservation consultants
Find a Maine consultant for land trust work, where regional practice differs sharply