People working in the conservation sector face multiple complex and relentless challenges every day that are very often outside our control. To be successful in our work, we need to be able to manage demanding workloads with few resources,  deal with constant change, react swiftly and surely at times of crisis, truly understand others and their needs, find creative and transformative solutions, build meaningful relationships and exert positive influence at all levels of society, retain hope and positivity in the face of the significant environmental challenges we face; recognise personal vulnerability and maintain a high level of personal resilience. As a means to better meet these challenges, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) started working on a pilot project to embed mindfulness within the working culture of the organisation. I am undertaking an academic placement as part of the MPhil in Conservation Leadership to generate information that will be complementary to this project. The aim of this placement is to understand the extent to which mindfulness could help to improve conservation leadership and the working culture across the Cambridge Conservation Initiative partners. If you work in conservation and practice mindfulness, I would appreciate it if you could contribute to this project by answering this brief online survey: https://forms.gle/H2z9NF56C8r8po757. If you have any questions, please send an email to the following address: ebb25@cam.ac.uk.