International Land Conservation Network News

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 […]

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 […]

In the United States, average home values have nearly doubled in the past decade. As demand for homes most people can afford remains high, supply has been unable to keep pace. This shortage of affordable homes is matched by rising demand and need for open space to support biodiversity, climate resilience, food production and recreation, […]

How the US has spurred conservation innovation and the mechanisms that have endured the most.

A new scheme being piloted in Romania looks to support traditional farming techniques that promote biodiversity and long-term ecosystem health, while also improving farmers’ livelihoods.

Cecilia Riebl – ILCN Regional Representative for Australasia Since 2021, the United Nations and International Energy Agency have been calling for the world to scale up renewable energy use to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. In the years since, policies, technologies, and knowledge surrounding renewables have made them more effective, accessible, and desirable. But […]

By Shanshui Conservation Center & Shenmin Liu, ILCN Regional Representative for Asia On October 21, 2024, China released its first 12 potential Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measure (OECM) sites, plus an additional 34 shortlisted sites. The announcement was made to a global audience at a side event of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) […]

In the 1970s in France, as across much of the world, environmental concerns were rising. The first half of the 20th century was marked with startling declines in wild mammal populations across Europe that corresponded with loose hunting laws and significant habitat loss. Individuals, organizations, and government agencies across France were responding, working to conserve ecosystems […]

Lily Robinson – ILCN program coordinator Mónica Vidal – Eurosite project officer Carolina Halevy – ILCN regional representative for Europe As a child, Attila Tóth used to ski in the hills of Slovakia. Looking out over expansive steppes, lowland hay meadows, and species-rich dry grasslands, he dreamed of one day grazing cows there. But when […]

Lily Robinson – Program Coordinator, ILCN Javiera Yáñez – Director of Development and Communications, Tierra Austral In late 2021, a group of conservationists stepped out of a car in Chile’s Cerro Poqui Nature Sanctuary in the O’Higgins Region of Central Chile, less than two hours south of Santiago. They gazed out over the mountain range […]