Shenmin Liu & Lily Robinson There are over 3,000 colleges and universities in China, many with expansive urban campuses. But not all of these acres are concrete and brick, or even quads and athletic fields. Increasingly, students and faculty are using their campuses for a less traditional purpose: biodiversity conservation. A history of voluntary investment […]
Tag: Stewardship and Land Management
Topote de Acahual: Learning the Languages of a Regrown Jungle Through Art, Writing, and Health
In 2020, in the region of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico—an expanse of high evergreen and evergreen tropical forest, defined by volcanic mountain ranges, and rich in diverse, endemic flora and fauna—a series of political-campaign posters began appearing around Veracruz. It was not an election year, and the signs did not promote any of the nation’s mainstream […]
Across Australia, Carran’s Murals of Birdlife Explore Human Identity and Connection to Place
Lily Robinson This artist profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting the role creative work plays in connecting people with nature and inspiring a culture of stewardship. If you are an artist whose work is inspired by nature and would like to be featured in a future ILCN newsletter, please reach out to lrobinson@lincolninst.edu. We […]
Back from the Brink: Feral Predator-Free Ecosystems in Australia Bring Back Endangered Wildlife
Cecilia Riebl – ILCN Regional Representative for Australasia On a fine fall afternoon in June 2024, a group of conservation policy makers from Australia and the United States met at the conservation and research reserve Mt Rothwell, just 50 kilometers from Melbourne, Australia. As dusk fell over the shrub- and rock-dotted landscape around them, animals […]
Stories of Hope Emerge at Siwu Nature Park’s Protecting Biodiversity Conference
Shenmin Liu – ILCN Regional Representative for Asia At the beginning of the 21st century, the scientific community pitched the idea of the Anthropocene epoch. Their argument: that human impact on Earth has become so great that its biophysical changes warrant a formal tip-of-the-hat to the 11,700-year-long Holocene epoch, and the acknowledgement of a new […]
Water Woman: Marion Stoddart’s Crusade to Save One of America’s Most Polluted Rivers
Lily Robinson – ILCN Program Coordinator The path along the Nashua River has softened to sandy mud and the wood bridges that span it puddle beneath Marion Stoddart’s boots. The Mine Falls Park section of the Nashua River Greenway is just three miles from downtown Nashua, New Hampshire, but is sheltered by arbor. In the […]
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 […]
An Indian Artist’s Unique Style of ‘Folkindica’ Blends Traditional Artforms to Reconnect People, Land, and Biodiversity
Sudarshan Shaw’s art builds bridges where cultural connections between people and wildlife have eroded.
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 […]