Hernán Mladinic Over the past three decades, a transformative force for nature conservation has emerged in Brazil: private landowners. The country’s leadership in private land conservation through private natural heritage reserves (RPPNs) has resulted in one of the world’s most robust and enduring voluntary conservation models. This approach integrates property rights with a perpetual ecological […]

Jayant Sarnaik, Archana Godbole, Gunwant Mahajan India, one of the world’s 17 megadiverse countries, is home to four global biodiversity hotspots. One of these, the Western Ghats, is among the most heavily populated hotspots in the world, providing critical land and water resources to more than 400 million people across six Indian states. Running approximately […]

Shenmin Liu and Chunyue Wei In a significant step toward meeting global biodiversity conservation targets, conservationists in China have unveiled a second set of potential “Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures” (OECMs) cases in China. Following the release of the first set of 56 cases in 2024, Shan Shui Conservation Center and several partner organizations organized […]

Since 2018, ILCN has been working to strengthen and expand our connections and engagement with conservation practitioners and organizations in Africa. Beginning this month, Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA) will serve as ILCN’s Africa regional representative. ILCN regional representatives support and facilitate knowledge exchange amongst practitioners in the region and around the globe. With a […]

Global Landscape Stewards (GLS) is an initiative dedicated to weaving a diverse network of stewardship practitioners worldwide. Founded by a group of stewardship practitioners based in the western United States, our exchanges serve to accelerate the pace and amplify the impact of land stewardship globally and locally. The creation of GLS was inspired by the […]

The Alliance of Canadian Land Trusts (ACLT) is the national voice for local and regional land trusts working to conserve nature across Canada. Created in response to a clear need identified by land trusts themselves, ACLT exists for land trusts, by land trusts, to ensure the sector has strong national representation, coordinated advocacy, and the […]

Chandni Navalkha We are thrilled to announce that Fundación Tierra Austral is the recipient of the inaugural ILCN Conservation Innovation Award. A non-profit organization founded in 2012, Fundación Tierra Austral (FTA) was Chile’s first land trust – known in the country as a Conservation Guarantee Organization, a non-profit entity whose mission is the conservation of biodiversity […]

Over four days, 400 delegates from across Australia explored the theme “Scaling Up: Local Action for Global Solutions”, at the 2025 ALCA Conference. The gathering was a powerful moment for connection, reflection, and action, and reminded us that each of us holds a piece of the solution, and when we align local impact with global […]

In November 2025, Eurosite – the European Land Conservation Network launched a new working group aimed at fostering the contribution of private subjects to nature conservation and nature finance. The group will focus on strengthening policy and practice for private land conservation initiatives as well as scalable, sustainable finance mechanisms that mobilize private investment. Angelo […]

From October 7-15, 2025, ILCN attended the 2025 International Union for the Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress (IUCN WCC) in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This quadrennial gathering brings together IUCN members and observers to explore major issues, exchange knowledge, set priorities and drive conservation action. In 2025, the event drew an estimated 10,000 participants from […]