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This Urban University Became China's First Campus Reserve
 

Students and professors observing a nest of Eastern honey bees on the Peking University Campus. Credit: Weijie Wang

Shenmin Liu - ILCN Regional Representative for Asia
Lily Robinson - ILCN Program Coordinator
March 11, 2025

Increasing urban sprawl means a less connected landscape, but it does not have to mean a rift between people and nature - or even between species and their habitats. Around the world, environmentalists are proving that biodiversity can be preserved even where open space is limited. This case of a protected area in Beijing illustrates the immense impact of urban conservation. 

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This Artist's Mosaic Pieces Together the History of Bison and Their Ongoing Role in US Land Management
 

Mosaic by Jennifer Case

Lily Robinson – ILCN Program Coordinator 
February 14, 2025

Bison once roamed free across the American West, acting as stewards of the land they trod. But they suffered greatly during the 1800s when they were nearly hunted into extinction, perhaps forever altering their role in grassland and prairie ecosystems. This work by Jennifer Case, artist and former burn boss for The Nature Conservancy helps us explore the conservation story of bison across the United States.

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Notes From the Field
Profile: La Red de Áreas Conservadas de Venezuela
By Jose Ramón Delgado, Edgard Yerena, & Vilisa Morón
March 11, 2025

The Venezuelan Network of Conserved Areas is a unique initiative launched in 2024 to bring together people and organizations engaged in voluntary land conservation. With 80 members already engaged, it is looking to expand its geographical representation.  

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Local Action, Lasting Impact: Land Covenantors Victoria 
By Cecilia Riebl & Peter Mulherin 
March 10, 2025

“As trust in traditional institutions declines, community-driven efforts are more critical than ever," said LCV President Peter Mulherin. The group he leads is empowering that local action through peer learning.



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New Publication from Spain on Conservation Finance
By Fundación Biodiversidad
September 2024

This report draws on the second European Conservation Bootcamp organized in Romania in May 2024. It analyzes 13 innovative financing mechanisms for biodiversity, conservation, and land stewardship.



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Conservation that 'Runs with the Land' through Real Right of Partial Use
By XCN & Anabel Cepas Gil
February 2025

In Barcelona, a real right of partial use was used to protect a high nature value site. XCN's Anabel Cepas Gil celebrated the success on LinkedIn, writing, "sometimes the most interesting thing about law is being able to use it to change the rules of the game." See her post and XCN's guide to legal tools in Catalonia.

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International Wildlife Conservation
By Western Confluence
Winter 2025

The Winter 2025 edition of the digital magazine Western Confluence takes readers on a tour of recent successes, rising risks, and the changing landscape of conservation initiatives worldwide. 




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ALCA Conservation Finance Handbook
By Australian Land Conservation Alliance
February 2025

Since publishing its first conservation finance scoping paper in 2018, ALCA has been working to unlock more conservation investment and support a growing network of conservation finance practitioners. This new handbook supports the private land conservation sector in Australia in understanding and applying a range of conservation finance approaches. 

Read More & Watch a Recording of its launch 
Upcoming Events
Networking Meeting: Key Challenges to Upscaling Nature Restoration in the EU

Presented by the European Commission, this two-day online meeting will showcase experiences from 15 LIFE-funded projects that implemented ecosystem restoration across the European Union. It will focus on exploring and discussing solutions to three strategic subjects: (1) knowledge transfer and capacity building; (2) access to land; and (3) mobilizing other sectors. 

The meeting will feature presentations from a broad range of restoration projects and will foster discussion centered around practical solutions for overcoming challenges associated with implementing and upscaling nature restoration. 
 
March 20-21, 9am-12:30pm (CET), Virtual

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ILCN/Eurosite Webinar: Finance Mechanisms for Land Stewardship in Southern Europe

The European Union faces a growing need for expanded conservation finance opportunities specific to the private and civic sector. Adequate funding is critical for Member States to adhere to the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and abide by its new Nature Restoration Law. Emerging carbon and biodiversity credit markets are part of the solution, helping to de-risk initial private finance investments in the nascent climate and nature market and making that market more scalable, sustainable, and profitable. Join Eurosite and the ILCN for a panelist discussion on the needs, challenges, and opportunities for conservation finance innovation across Europe. 
 
March 27, 10am (EST) 4pm (CET), Virtual

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Salazar Center 2025 International Symposium on Conservation Impact
 
In 2022, over 100 nations signed the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, pledging to help protect 30 percent of land and water area by the end of the decade. With only five years left, what progress have we made? What challenges and opportunities remain? And what learnings and emerging science should inform this final stretch?

Join the Salazar Center for North American Conservation for this two-day symposium exploring how we can track our progress and evolve our approaches to aid success. It invites speakers to tackle the difficult questions we must grapple with to build a fair and sustainable future. 
 
May 5-8, Vancouver, British Columbia

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Opportunities
Course: Economics for Conservation

The two-week Economics & Finance for Environmental Leadership course, hosted at Stanford University is back for its second year. Hosted by the Conservation Strategy Fund's Numbers for Nature Training Institute in partnership with Stanford's Natural Capital Project and the Conservation Finance Alliance, this introductory course provides conservation professionals with a solid foundation in economic theory and practical tools to apply new skills to the most pressing conservation challenges in their regions. 

Classes will cover topics, including economic fundamentals, natural resource economics, ecosystem services and environmental valuation, cost-benefit analysis, conservation finance solutions, behavioral economics, and environmental policy. Instructors are CSF staff and leaders from academic and international institutions such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Conservation Finance Alliance. 

Apply before April 25 to be eligible for a 35 percent scholarship. 

August 18-29, 2025, Stanford, California

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Call for Artists
 
The ILCN is looking for submissions of artistic work with a connection to land and land protection to feature on our website and in upcoming newsletters. We are open to poetry, short stories, personal essays, visual art, music, and more. Submissions can be sent to Lily Robinson at lrobinson@lincolninst.edu. Please include a short description of the relationship your piece shares with land, nature, or the environment. 
We are excited to share stories from ILCN members. If you have a successful conservation initiative, story, event, or webinar to share, then please contact us at ILCN@lincolninst.edu.
The mission of the International Land Conservation Network is to connect organizations and people around the world that are accelerating voluntary private and civic sector action that protects and stewards land and water resources. 

Learn more at landconservationnetwork.org.
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