{"id":316,"date":"2025-10-12T18:13:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/?page_id=316"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:03:00","slug":"practice-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/practice-partnerships\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice &#038; Partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practice &#038; Partnerships<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"3809\" data-end=\"4272\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240209-WA0009.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-318\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-318\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240209-WA0009.jpg\" alt=\"A man stands in a small office to address a meeting of the Kwandu Conservancy, Namibia\" width=\"998\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240209-WA0009.jpg 998w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240209-WA0009-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240209-WA0009-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240209-WA0009-414x310.jpg 414w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240209-WA0009-940x705.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/a><em>A meeting of the Kwandu Conservancy, Namibia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p data-start=\"3809\" data-end=\"4272\">Beyond the university, I have significant experience developing programs that link research and practice. As a Research Fellow with the <a href=\"https:\/\/snappartnership.net\/teams\/cbnrm-governance-economics\/\">Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP)<\/a> and with support from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegef.org\/fonseca-leadership-program\">Global Environment Facility (GEF) Fonseca Leadership Program<\/a>, I have co-facilitated governance workshops in Namibia and South Africa, bringing together community leaders, practitioners, students, and scholars from across more than a dozen countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p data-start=\"4274\" data-end=\"4732\">I also assisted Dr. Brian Child in the development of the <em data-start=\"4298\" data-end=\"4321\">Life Through Wildlife<\/em> Professional Certificate in Wildlife Economy and CBNRM Governance, now in its third cohort. This program integrates online instruction in governance and policy with field-based training at CBNRM anchor sites across Southern Africa. These initiatives reflect my broader commitment to producing scholarship that is rigorous, collaborative, and directly impactful for communities and conservation practitioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p data-start=\"4274\" data-end=\"4732\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240406-WA0017.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-317\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-317 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240406-WA0017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240406-WA0017.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240406-WA0017-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240406-WA0017-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240406-WA0017-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240406-WA0017-414x311.jpg 414w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/files\/IMG-20240406-WA0017-940x705.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><em>A community meeting at Lugenda Wildlife Reserve, Mozambique<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-316","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/aaronrking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}