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ILCN ELCN Earth Day Online Plenary

On the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day, the ILCN/ELCN Earth Day Plenary highlights the importance of leadership at all levels of society – from national, subnational, and local government to civic and grassroots initiatives – to protect natural and cultural resources for the benefit of present and future generations.  
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Resource Type Webinars
Topic Large Landscape Conservation and Restoration Law and Policy Organization and Governance Privately Protected Areas

New Report on Tax Incentives for Private Land Conservation in Spain

As a result of their work on the pilot action Tax Incentives for Stewardship Agreements, Fundación Biodiversidad has produced a report on the possibilities for tax incentives in Spain, as a useful tool to promote the development of nature conservation initiatives on private land. 
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Resource Type Partner Publication
Topic Finance

ILCN/ELCN Webinar: Symbiosis- Inspiring Partnerships in Stewardship

This session takes an in-depth look at novel and inspiring partnerships in land restoration and management, and how they may be replicated elsewhere. These include community trusts in South Africa combining rural development with biodiversity stewardship, large-scale land and biodiversity restoration efforts by citizen volunteers in New Z...
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Resource Type Webinars
Topic Organization and Governance / Stewardship and Land Management

ILCN/ELCN Webinar: Reclaiming our Freshwater Resources

In the age of climate change, maintaining water quality and quantity for human and wildlife populations is increasingly difficult due to many factors, including watershed fragmentation, pollution, invasive species proliferation, and water rights conflicts. To rise to these challenges, water funds and other conservation and restoration mec...
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Resource Type Webinars
Topic Green Infrastructure / Stewardship and Land Management

CFA White Paper: Conservation Finance: A Framework

Conservation Finance Alliance

This white paper released by the Conservation Finance Alliance clarifies the definition and role of conservation finance to show how important its mechanisms and strategies are for addressing the underlying causes of nature loss as well as contributing to increasing sustainable funding flows to nature conservation, provides several c...
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Resource Type Partner Publication
Topic Finance

ILCN/ELCN Webinar: A Global Survey of Conservation Finance

This global survey provides an overview of conservation finance and explores a range of different approaches from around the world. Experts from the United States, Australia and South Africa share the regionally-unique political, social, and economic opportunities and challenges they have faced. Framed by the aggregate experience of pract...
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Resource Type Webinars
Topic Finance

ILCN May 2020 Newsletter

China issues first conservation 'Easement Certificate', how land conservation groups are using remote sensing in the time of COVID, a new EU Biodiversity Strategy, and more in the May 2020 ILCN Newsletter.
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Resource Type ILCN Newsletter
Topic Large Landscape Conservation and Restoration / Law and Policy / Organization and Governance

ILCN/ELCN Webinar: Legal Tools for Private Land Conservation in the European Union

This webinar addresses how private land conservation is being implemented under existing EU and national legislation, across differing national legal frameworks. Panelists discuss the legal tools currently used in specific countries, as well as how new legal instruments may be applied to advance private lands conservation in the future.
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Resource Type Webinars
Topic Law and Policy / Privately Protected Areas / Stewardship and Land Management

The New EU Biodiversity Strategy – Reason for Hope?

Pathways forward for the European Union's ambitious new plan for protecting 30% of land and sea by 2030. 
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Resource Type News
Topic Law and Policy

Necessity Sparks Invention

How COVID is Catalyzing New Approaches to Conservation Monitoring and Technology Adoption
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Resource Type News
Topic Large Landscape Conservation and Restoration / Stewardship and Land Management

China Issues First Conservation ‘Easement Certificate’ in Baishanzu National Park

Improving conservation effectiveness through unified stewardship of natural resources across China’s diverse ecosystems and land ownership types.
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Resource Type News
Topic Law and Policy / Stewardship and Land Management