By Thomas Patti As the global effort to conserve 30 percent of the planet’s lands and waters approaches its 2030 goal under Target 3 of the Global Biodiversity Framework, other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) are generating enormous international interest as a way to welcome the contributions of a range of actors, from communities to […]
Tag: Land Conservation
ILCN Attends UN Convention to Combat Desertification COP17
By Robin Beckham Robin Beckham, Policy Analyst for Land Conservation at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, represented the International Land Conservation Network (ILCN) at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on August 19-27. Taking place during the UN Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, COP17 celebrated herders and other rangeland users […]