Protecting and restoring the world’s most biodiverse places demands coordinated systems that align finance, policy, and governance across vast geographies. This panel examines how large-scale conservation efforts are evolving in response to accelerating climate change, biodiversity loss, and competing development pressures. Drawing on experiences from Indigenous land stewards, conservation finance practitioners, and policy leaders, the discussion will explore what it takes to move from ambition to implementation at scale. Panelists will grapple with how land tenure, rights-based partnerships, and innovative financing mechanisms shape conservation outcomes, and how governance systems can balance ecological protection with human wellbeing.