Cecilia Riebl – ILCN Regional Representative for Australasia Since 2021, the United Nations and International Energy Agency have been calling for the world to scale up renewable energy use to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. In the years since, policies, technologies, and knowledge surrounding renewables have made them more effective, accessible, and desirable. But […]
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China’s First Potential OECM Cases Released at COP16, Advancing its ’30×30′ Conservation Target
By Shanshui Conservation Center & Shenmin Liu, ILCN Regional Representative for Asia On October 21, 2024, China released its first 12 potential Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measure (OECM) sites, plus an additional 34 shortlisted sites. The announcement was made to a global audience at a side event of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) […]
The Conservancies Model: How France has Mobilized over 8,000 Volunteers as a Voice for Nature
In the 1970s in France, as across much of the world, environmental concerns were rising. The first half of the 20th century was marked with startling declines in wild mammal populations across Europe that corresponded with loose hunting laws and significant habitat loss. Individuals, organizations, and government agencies across France were responding, working to conserve ecosystems […]
The Agricultural Context for the EU’s Unprecedented Nature Restoration Law
Lily Robinson – ILCN program coordinator Mónica Vidal – Eurosite project officer Carolina Halevy – ILCN regional representative for Europe As a child, Attila Tóth used to ski in the hills of Slovakia. Looking out over expansive steppes, lowland hay meadows, and species-rich dry grasslands, he dreamed of one day grazing cows there. But when […]
Fundación Tierra Austral: The Chilean Land Trust Behind a Historic Civil Law Innovation
Lily Robinson – Program Coordinator, ILCN Javiera Yáñez – Director of Development and Communications, Tierra Austral In late 2021, a group of conservationists stepped out of a car in Chile’s Cerro Poqui Nature Sanctuary in the O’Higgins Region of Central Chile, less than two hours south of Santiago. They gazed out over the mountain range […]
A Year and a Half in, What Progress Has Been Made on Australia’s Nature Repair Market?
Lily Robinson – Program Coordinator, ILCN In December 2023, an Australian law came into effect to enable the world’s first national voluntary biodiversity market and establishing the infrastructure for it to function with transparency and integrity. The Nature Repair Act 2023 (the Act) paves the way for a marketplace that will open in 2025 where […]
Australia Grapples With New Draft National OECM Framework That Falls Short of Conservationists’ Expectations
Cecilia Riebl — ILCN Regional Rep. for Australasia In nations across the world, other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) are taking on new urgency, as nations race to fulfill their commitments to protect 30 percent of land and water territory by 2030. The Australian Government does not yet recognize OECMs, but is in the process […]
Voluntary Conservation in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities
Samuel Valdes Diaz – Director of Biodiversity Consultant Group Latin America is a rich mosaic of cultures and boasts exuberant biodiversity across its landscapes. With over 8.8 million square kilometers of marine and terrestrial protected areas (PAs)—a figure 15 times larger than Spain, France, and Germany combined—it also stands as the most protected region on […]
Experts Say Private Land Conservation is Essential for the EU to Achieve its Biodiversity Targets. Here’s What Research Shows.
Carolina Halevy – ILCN Regional Representative for Europe, Project Manager at Eurosite Anne-Sophie Mulier – Project & Policy officer at the European Landowners’ Organization Private land conservation (PLC) is an essential part of Europe’s nature and biodiversity strategy. Without it, European Union (EU) nations lack the necessary land to achieve nature and biodiversity targets, as […]
Evolving Conservation for Culture: How Conservation Organizations are Adapting Existing Tools and Approaches to Recognize Indigenous Values, Practices, and Priorities
Cecilia Riebl, ILCN Regional Representative for Australasia As land trusts and conservation organizations across the globe grapple with biodiversity loss and the climate crisis; social inequity and disconnection between people and nature, they are increasingly looking to Indigenous knowledge systems to inform a way forward. Indigenous cultures hold deep knowledge around caring for and healing […]