Stewardship and Land Management

The first of an ILCN Webinar Series on Indigenous Led Land Conservation. Indigenous cultures have stewarded nature for thousands of years but today’s conservation approaches often sideline this knowledge to the detriment of stewardship efforts, Indigenous peoples, and the planet. In the first of a two-part webinar series, we hear from speakers from the United States and Australia about the dynamics of successful partnerships between conservation organizations and Indigenous groups.

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.

This working paper reviews the growth of Regional Conservation Partnerships (RCPs) in the United States and the outcomes being achieved by those operating in Canada to determine whether and how these partnerships can support whole-landscape approaches to strengthen and accelerate conservation outcomes.