Speakers:

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Wizipan Garriott
Dune Lankard (President & Founder, Native Conservancy)
Emily Boyd-Valandra (President of Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance)
David Levine (Co-Founder & President, ASBN)

The American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN) and Businesses for Conservation and Climate Action (BCCA) invite you to join us for a dialogue with the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Wizipan Garriott, other administration leadership and Indigenous business leaders on the opportunity to advance land and ocean conservation and a sustainable economy.

The Department of the Interior has a solemn obligation to protect Americas lands, waters and ecosystems for future generations, and is taking bold initiatives including the America the Beautiful Initiative to meet that goal.

Co-stewardship represents the best of land conservation and enables local communities to conserve areas of tremendous cultural and economic importance. Conservation can drive economic output through the long-term protection of resources.

Carrying out this work in collaboration with Tribes will help fulfill this obligation. Since time immemorial, tribes have developed land and water stewardship practices across many diverse ecosystems on this continent. These practices are based on traditional ecological knowledge that has been accumulated over countless generations through observation and analysis. These practices were also focused on ensuring that ecosystems remained healthy and resilient for generations into the future.

Now is the time for a public-private partnership for ambitious action to protect our land and oceans to build a strong and sustainable economy.