Returning to the River: How the Rappahannock Tribe, in Partnership with Government, Nonprofit, and Community Partners, is Rematriating Ancient Homelands and Revitalizing the Future of Land Conservation in Virginia and Beyond

ILCN

On June 17, 2017, a group gathered on a small plot of land above the Rappahannock River in what is now known as the Commonwealth of Virginia to witness a historic moment: the return of one acre of land to the Rappahannock Tribe. The day signified the Tribe’s return to the river that is the heart of its ancestral land, but it was als…

View Case Study

Animating the Carbon Cycle: Assessment of the Potential Role of Pumas, Jaguars, White-tailed Deer, and Collared Peccaries in Controlling Carbon Capture and Storage in Mexican Dry Tropical Forest Ecosystems

ILCN

This paper by researchers at the Yale School of the Environment explores the role of rewilding as a nature-based solution to climate change. Its results improve our understanding of how restoring specific wildlife populations can enhance carbon sequestration and accelerate ecosystem restoration, focusing on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico…

View Paper

Saving Land and Culture: How Indigenous-Led Conservation Can Protect Half of Eeyou Istchee by 2035

ILCN

Eeyou Istchee, meaning “the People’s land” in the Cree language, is the homeland of the Cree Nation, primarily located in the Province of Quebec, Canada. In 2020 the Cree Nation Government (CNG) hit a milestone of global significance by formally conserving 23 percent of Eeyou Istchee. By 2035, the government expects to grow that area to 5…

View Case Study

The Agricultural Context for the EU’s Unprecedented Nature Restoration Law

ILCN

Farmers, ranchers, and conservationists share concerns over the transparency, feasibility, and equitability of the first-of-its-kind legislation.

View Resource

Chile’s Biodiversity at a Crossroads: The Challenges and Promise of Law 21.600

ILCN

Professor Eduardo Katz of the University of San Sebastián, Chile, synthesizes his recent report “Implementación de la Ley 21.600 y los desafíos para lograr la protección efectiva del 30% de los ecosistemas”, published by the Centro de Estudios Públicos.

View Resource

Purpose, Results, and Potential: What We Have Learned in 10 Years of Catalyzing a Global Private Land Conservation Movement

ILCN

In March 2014, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy published a paper that grew out of Laura
Johnson’s Bullard Fellowship at the Harvard Forest in 2013 and 2014. That paper – An Open
Field: Emerging Opportunities for a Global Private Land Conservation Movement – (Johnson,
2014) referred in its introduction to the 20th-century American hum…

View Paper

Across Australia, Carran’s Murals of Birdlife Explore Human Identity and Connection to Place

ILCN

Muralist Geoffrey Carran is mesmerized by birds, their role in Australian ecosystems, and their connection to human identity.

View Resource

Back from the Brink: Feral Predator-Free ecosystems in Australia bring back endangered wildlife

ILCN

At the conservation and research reserve Mt Rothwell, species that are endangered, or even extinct, in the wild are thriving.

View Resource

Fundación Tierra Austral: The Chilean Land Trust Behind a Historic Civil Law Innovation

ILCN

Today, thousands of hectares of rare, privately owned habitat are protected across Chile. Ten years ago, that outcome was a legal impossibility.

View Resource

Water Woman: Marion Stoddart’s Crusade to Save One of America’s Most Polluted Rivers

When Stoddart first moved to Groton, MA, the river’s stench could be smelled a mile away. Today, she said, canoeing along its banks is “like being in paradise”.

View Resource