IEWG at ICCB 2025

[Rachel Martin]

Hi everyone, 

I wanted to highlight the Impact Evaluation Working Group Events at ICCB 2025 this year so you can add them to your schedules! 

1. Lunchtime Forum: Monday 16 June 

Breaking New Ground in Conservation Science: Tackling Challenges and Building Principles for Effective Counterfactual Evaluation

Monday, June 16 |  13:00–14:00 | Mezzanine Level Meeting Room M3

• Explore counterfactual approaches in small, topic-focused roundtables - from illegal wildlife trade, species conservation, business and biodiversity claims, and forest & marine resource management. 
• Register here (limited spots): https://forms.gle/3Cgksn7r2DTgxMo87

2. Social Event: Planned for Monday 16 June evening 

• We will plan something for Monday evening near the convention center - details TBC! 

3. Extended Symposium: Wednesday, June 18 

Future Directions for Counterfactual Evaluation of Conservation Interventions

Wednesday, June 18 | 8:30–10:30 | Great Hall 1

• Join us for this symposium on advancing counterfactual methods - including matching, synthetic controls, and RCTs - to assess conservation’s environmental and social outcomes. 

4.  IEWG Business Meeting: Thursday, 19 June

Thursday 19 June | 13:00 - 14:00 | Plaza Level Meeting Room P2

• Come meet the IEWG Board, those interested in impact evaluation, and learn more about getting involved. 

This session on Tuesday 8:30 - 10:30 may also be of interest to this group: Designing & experimentally testing incentive-based approaches for biodiversity & wellbeing outcomes

Do share this email with your networks that may be interested and attending ICCB 2025, and we look forward to potentially seeing some of you there. 

Best, 

Rachel Martin 

Rachel Martin 

University of Oxford, and the Nature Positive Initiative 

E: rachel...@biology.ox.ac.uk

W: https://www.biology.ox.ac.uk/people/rachel-martin