Samuel Valdes Diaz – Director of Biodiversity Consultant Group Latin America is a rich mosaic of cultures and boasts exuberant biodiversity across its landscapes. With over 8.8 million square kilometers of marine and terrestrial protected areas (PAs)—a figure 15 times larger than Spain, France, and Germany combined—it also stands as the most protected region on […]
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Cecilia Riebl, ILCN Regional Representative for Australasia As land trusts and conservation organizations across the globe grapple with biodiversity loss and the climate crisis; social inequity and disconnection between people and nature, they are increasingly looking to Indigenous knowledge systems to inform a way forward. Indigenous cultures hold deep knowledge around caring for and healing […]
Read moreCarolina Halevy – ILCN Regional Representative for Europe How can nature protection on private land be guaranteed long term? How can conservationists incentivize landowners to protect nature on their land? These two intertwined questions have been on the minds of European conservationists for years and are now the basis for a paper, cowritten by Eurosite, […]
Read moreKiragu Mwangi – ILCN Regional Representative for Africa At a landmark assembly in Windhoek, Namibia, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from 47 African nations convened for the first Community-led Conservation Congress from October 25-27, 2023. The congress marked a historic moment for people-centered conservation across the continent and represented a monumental stride toward collaboration and amplification Indigenous […]
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