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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

ILCN e-Newsletter, January 2017

Happy New Year and stories of efforts to designate the Niagara River North America's first transborder Ramsar site, to conserve private land along the Rio Bita in Colombia, to advance Natura 2000 through the new European Solidarity Corps, and more
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Resource Type ILCN Newsletter
Topic Law and Policy / Organization and Governance / Stewardship and Land Management

Green Bonds and Land Conservation: A New Investment Landscape?

Green bonds are experiencing explosive growth, but are they a useful new financing tool to bridge conservation funding shortfalls or just the latest chapter in greenwashing?
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / ILCN/Lincoln Institute Publication / Research Paper
Topic Finance

ILCN e-Newsletter, December 2016

A review of the ILCN Cross-Border Workshop, payments for ecosystem services schemes in Uganda, the Australian Land Conservation Alliance Conference, and US updates on how land fared in the election and the latest land trust census results.
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Resource Type ILCN Newsletter
Topic Finance / Law and Policy / Organization and Governance / Stewardship and Land Management

Technical guidelines for the design and management of participatory connectivity conservation and restoration projects at the landscape scale in Latin America

Herrera Fernández, Bernal

This document recounts the authors’ experience in participatory conservation processes that seek terrestrial biodiversity connectivity. Its documentation of this experience hopefully can contribute to the conservation and restoration of ecological connectivity in other parts of Latin America and the world.
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / Research Paper
Topic Large Landscape Conservation and Restoration / Organization and Governance / Privately Protected Areas / Stewardship and Land Management

Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges

This report has been prepared as part of an effort by IUCN to define its position on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and plan for future work to advance this concept and support effective implementation of NbS to enhance ecosystem services provision and address societal challenges.
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / Partner Publication
Topic Finance / Green Infrastructure / Stewardship and Land Management

Chile is destined to be one of the most important green focus points on the planet

Interview with Jim Levitt that appeared in Que Pasa, a leading Chilean news magazine, on Friday, September 30, 2016 in relation to the Workshop on Innovations in Conservation Finance. English language adaptation of the interview, with several corrections and clarifications.
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Resource Type ILCN/Lincoln Institute Publication
Topic Finance / Large Landscape Conservation and Restoration / Law and Policy / Privately Protected Areas / Stewardship and Land Management

Chile está llamado a ser uno de los focos verdes más importantes del planeta

Javier Rodríguez

Interview with Jim Levitt that appeared in Que Pasa, a leading Chilean news magazine, on Friday, September 30, 2016 in relation to the Workshop on Innovations in Conservation Finance. (Spanish language)
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Resource Type ILCN/Lincoln Institute Publication
Topic Finance / Large Landscape Conservation and Restoration / Law and Policy / Privately Protected Areas / Stewardship and Land Management

Video on the Workshop on Innovations in Conservation Finance

Las Majadas de Pirque

This video of the Workshop on Innovations in Conservation Finance was put together by workshop hosts, Las Majadas de Pirque.
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Resource Type Other / Videos
Topic Finance

ILCN e-Newsletter, September 2016

A review of the World Conservation Congress, the burgeoning Land Trust Reserve movement in China, and the ILCN's workshop on innovations in Conservation Finance.
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Resource Type ILCN Newsletter
Topic Finance / Law and Policy / Organization and Governance / Privately Protected Areas / Stewardship and Land Management

A primer on governance for protected and conserved areas

Borrini-Feyerabend, G., P. Bueno, T. Hay-Edie, B. Lang, A. Rastogi and T. Sandwith

As understanding of governance and related policy and practices is evolving throughout the world, the IUCN shares a basic lexicon in the hope that speaking “a common language” may help to better communicate and develop concepts of increasing clarity and meaning.
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices
Topic Organization and Governance