{"id":48507,"date":"2026-10-30T14:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48507"},"modified":"2026-10-30T14:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:37:26","slug":"icon-calls-on-conservation-professionals-to-identify-skills-at-risk-to-25-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48507","title":{"rendered":"Icon calls on conservation professionals to identify skills at risk: TO 25\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Icon is inviting conservation practitioners across the UK to complete its Skills at Risk Practitioner Survey, helping identify specialist skills and knowledge at risk of being lost, to 25 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Institute of Conservation (Icon) is inviting conservation practitioners across the UK to take part in a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icon.org.uk\/about-us\/policy-and-advocacy\/conservation-skills-at-risk.html\">Skills at Risk Practitioner Survey<\/a>, helping to identify the knowledge, techniques and specialisms that could be at risk of being lost from the profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Take the<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icon.org.uk\/about-us\/policy-and-advocacy\/conservation-skills-at-risk.html\"><strong>survey<\/strong><\/a> <strong>today and help protect the future of conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why this matters?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many conservation skills are highly specialised, developed over years of training and experience, and often passed on directly from one practitioner to another. In some areas, only a small number of professionals hold particular expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As training routes change, workforces evolve and opportunities to pass on knowledge become more limited, there is growing concern that some of these vital skills could be lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By sharing your experience, you&#8217;ll help build a clearer picture of the challenges facing the profession today and where support is most urgently needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shaping the future of conservation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supported by the Pilgrim Trust, the Skills at Risk project will explore where conservation skills shortages exist, what is driving them, and how the sector can respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The findings will help inform future advocacy, training opportunities and workforce development, creating a stronger evidence base for ensuring specialist conservation expertise continues to thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you&#8217;re an emerging professional, an experienced practitioner or nearing retirement, your perspective is important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take part<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The survey takes around 15-20 minutes to complete and is open to conservation practitioners working across all specialisms. The more voices represented, the stronger the picture we can build together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Complete the survey by 25 November 2026 and help shape the future of conservation skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prize draw<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants who choose to provide their contact details will be entered into a prize draw to win:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One year&#8217;s Icon membership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One of two \u00a3100 vouchers to use towards Icon events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conservation depends on people, their knowledge, experience and specialist skills. This survey is an opportunity to ensure those skills are recognised, valued and sustained for future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icon.org.uk\/resource\/your-voice-matters-participate-in-the-skills-at-risk-research.html\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Icon is inviting conservation practitioners across the UK to complete its Skills at Risk Practitioner Survey, helping identify specialist skills and knowledge at risk of being lost, to 25 November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[18,33,22,1074,244],"class_list":["post-48507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog","tag-conservation","tag-education","tag-skills","tag-traditional-crafts","tag-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48508,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48507\/revisions\/48508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}