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 […]
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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 moreHernán 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 […]
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 […]
Read moreLily Robinson — ILCN Program Coordinator In Latin America, a new network of private and civic land conservationists is blossoming with the support of the International Land Conservation Network (ILCN) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC). The project, launched by the ILCN in 2023, aims to grow the network’s reach and support of an already rapidly […]
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