When working to conserve rich biodiverse areas human migration can pose as a huge challenge. Often conservationists are unsure of how to reduce migration’s negative impacts. Migration has impacted natural resources for centuries, and will continue to do so causing species and genetic loss, habitat fragmentation, loss of ecological connectivity and disruption of evolutionary processes. Each migration is driven by a complex and unique set of drives, referred to as push and pull factors. Because each situation is different there is no framework for reducing the environmental impacts of migration, but there are many actions that can prove to be beneficial. Intervening at field level, influencing migration patters, and development at the policy level can control the negative affects of migration. The conservation sector still has much to learn about migration to draw conclusions on the most effective types of interventions. This exploratory publication broadens discussions on human migration and the environment, and can lead to the development of practical tools and new approaches for conservation practitioners in the future.