International Land Conservation Network News

Maiko Nishi – Research Fellow, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability  The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) was the first such meeting since nations adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) in 2022. That framework ignited hope and mobilized coordinated action […]

Carolina Butrich – Manager, Conservamos por Naturaleza Peru is a country of incredible megadiversity and home to an extraordinary range of natural habitats, ranging from the majestic Andes to the vast Amazon rainforest. At 1.2 million square kilometers, Peru is Latin America’s fourth largest country, and more than 60 percent of its area is rainforest. […]

Anele Kumalo & Natasha Wilson South African National Parks (SANParks) is the largest statutory conservation agency in South Africa. Currently, SANParks manages 4.2 million hectares of land, comprised of 22 national parks and four marine protected areas (MPAs). Its mandates for managing these protected areas are set out in the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas […]

On October 10, 2024, the Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) and its partners launched the Kawartha Resilient Lands Collaborative at a well-attended kickoff event in Peterborough, Ontario. The new Regional Conservation and Climate Partnership (RCCP) looks to bridge sectoral divides among people and organizations working in land, water, climate, and conservation. While inspired by the RCCP […]

By Cecilia Riebl In October 2024, 260 conservationists from 26 countries convened in Beaupré, Canada, at the 2024 ILCN Global Congress to share knowledge and develop solutions around the Congress theme, “relationships for a resilient world.” Among these participants were 14 Australian land conservation practitioners for whom the event spurred learning and reflection on the […]

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 […]

By Hernan Mladinic and Lily Robinson Seventeen speakers and participants from Latin American nations joined a gathering of 260 conservation leaders from around the world at the fourth International Land Conservation Network (ILCN) Global Congress in Beaupré, Canada, last month. The event marked just over four years since ILCN Regional Representative for Latin America Hernan […]

Kiragu Mwangi – ILCN Regional Representative for Africa José Monteiro — Executive Director, ReGeCom In February 2018, a cross-sector group of leaders gathered in Maputo, Mozambique. They had come together around mounting concerns that communities were being left out of land conservation at both the decision-making and implementation level. There, at the 5th Conference on […]

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 […]

Hernán Mladinic – Regional Representative for Latin America From November 23 – 25, 2023, the V National Meeting of Private Natural Reserves convened in Tigre Argentina, just an hour from the bustling city of Buenos Aires. Organized by the Argentine Network of Private Natural Reserves (Argentine Network), the event brought together a diverse group dedicated […]