Harm Schoten More than 100 people from 20 European countries attended the 36th Eurosite Annual Meeting, in Vilnius, Lithuania, from September 9-11. The theme of the event, which was hosted by Baltic Environmental Forum with the help of the Lithuanian Foundation for Peatland Restoration and Conservation, was “Restoring Nature, Reviving Communities. Eurosite Director Harm Schoten […]

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, […]

Colorado’s San Luis Valley lies in the imprint of an ancient lake, long dried. Its borders are the ring of mountains once its shores, and beneath its surface lies the vast web of the Rio Grande Aquifer. This aquifer sustains the largely agricultural economies of San Luis Valley’s five counties. But increasingly, it struggles to […]

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.

As of last month, Canadian land trusts have a new way to demonstrate their integrity: the Conservation Excellence Certification Trustmark. The certification proves that a land trust has undergone a thorough, third-party review of its policies and procedures by the Canadian Centre for Land Conservation (CLC) and that they operate in line with industry best […]

Hernan Mladinic For decades, a network of Latin American practitioners advancing private and civic land conservation in the region has worked to support efforts to reverse and mitigate the impact of increasing environmental pressures in the region. It has done so partly by convening regular international Congresses. But, despite the key role of these Congresses […]

News of the disease first reached painter Sue Prince and her husband on their organic dairy farm a few years ago. Prince had not noticed the subtle changes, the slow fading of life from the landscape, as a fungus took root in England’s Peak District. Once she did, she saw it everywhere. Ash dieback was […]

By Cecilia Riebl, ILCN Regional Representative (Australasia), and acknowledging the contributions from the Quoin team and the Australian Land Conservation Alliance team. A little over a decade ago, three Australian entrepreneurs cofounded the design platform Canva. Within six years of its launch, Canva became a “unicorn startup,” meaning it was valued at over one billion […]

Six Canadian land trusts celebrated a pioneering accomplishment this week when they became the nation’s first to earn Conservation Excellence Certification from the Centre for Land Conservation (CLC).