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Burnout in conservation
Have you ever felt like you’re energetically exhausted, mentally distant from your job, or less able to produce results at work?
There’s a chance that these symptoms could be related to burnout.
According to The World Health Organization (WHO), burnout is a syndrome “…resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.”
As conservationists, our work is our passion, but that passion doesn’t make us immune to burnout. In fact, it might even make us more susceptible.
And the effects of burnout can be dire for conservationists and their work. The WHO characterises…
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