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Group of people gathered in the forest with a B Corp sculpture at Soqtapata.

Social Innovation

People and nature
can thrive together.

At Soqtapata, we explore how conservation, knowledge and collaboration can create new opportunities for people and the landscape.

Discover our approach

Why it matters

Conservation
also has a
human dimension.

Protecting a landscape means understanding more than its ecosystems. It also means recognising the people, knowledge, challenges and opportunities connected to the territory.

Social innovation explores how those connections can contribute to lasting solutions.

Two people planting a sapling in the Soqtapata landscape.

Our approach

Social innovation
at Soqtapata.

We bring different perspectives together to explore ideas that connect conservation, knowledge and opportunity.

  • People and place

    Understanding local context and the relationship between people and their environment.

  • Knowledge into action

    Exploring how research and practical knowledge can inform new approaches.

  • Collaboration

    Connecting different perspectives to develop and test ideas.

  • Long-term thinking

    Considering solutions that can remain relevant beyond individual projects.

The Social Innovation Center

A place to
turn ideas into
something real.

Social innovation is already part of the work happening at CIDS, bringing together conservation, knowledge and people to explore practical opportunities for local communities.

To take this work further, we are developing the Social Innovation Center — a dedicated space within CIDS designed to host social programmes, collaborative learning and the development of new ideas.

Workshop gathering inside a timber pavilion at CIDS — temporary stand-in for the Social Innovation Center.

Ideas in action

From ideas
to possibilities.

Explore work at CIDS
Field collaborator with notebook documenting livelihoods work at Soqtapata.

Livelihoods and opportunity. Exploring how conservation and local opportunity can reinforce each other over time.

Children examining a plant specimen during a learning activity at Soqtapata.

Learning and collaboration. Spaces where people share knowledge, test ideas and learn from one another.

Collaborators gathered around a workshop table developing local ideas.

Local ideas and innovation. Supporting locally grounded ideas that can grow into lasting approaches.

People among dense cloud-forest foliage at Soqtapata.

Be part of what comes next

Bring your ideas.
Build what's possible.

Have a question, an idea or an opportunity to explore together? Start a conversation with Soqtapata.

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