Climate Conservation

THE CENTER AIMS TO CONSERVE LIFE ON EARTH BY CONNECTING OUR FRAGMENTED NATURAL WORLD. WE BRING SCIENCE, POLICY, AND PROVEN SOLUTIONS DIRECTLY TO COMMUNITIES WORKING TO RESTORE THE INTEGRITY AND NATURAL CONNECTIVITY OF THE LANDSCAPES IN WHICH THEY LIVE.

INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION - THE INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE GLOBE IN KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS TO PROTECT LANDSCAPES FROM FRAGMENTATION BY IMPLEMENTING CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION POLICY AND PRACTICE THAT LEAD TO LONG-TERM CONSERVATION OUTCOMES. WE BELIEVE THAT PROTECTED AREAS ARE ONLY PROTECTED WHEN THEY ARE CONNECTED. THROUGH OUR LEADERSHIP OF THE IUCN CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION SPECIALIST GROUP (CCSG), WE ARE OPERATING SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUPS OF PROFESSIONALSSUCH AS THE ASIAN ELEPHANT TRANSPORT WORKING GROUP AND THE MARINE CONNECTIVITY WORKING GROUPDEVELOPING MECHANISMS TO PROTECT LINKAGE AREAS THAT MAINTAIN ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY AROUND THE WORLD.SEE SCHEDULE O.

BUILDING CONSERVATION NETWORKS - THE CENTER CONTINUES TO HOLD POSITIONS ON THE LEADERSHIP TEAMS FOR BOTH THE NETWORK FOR LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION (NLC) AND THE ROUNDTABLE ON THE CROWN OF THE CONTINENT, SERVING AS THEIR HOSTS AND FISCAL SPONSORS. IN ADDITION, IN FY22 THE CENTER TOOK ON A THIRD FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT, THE UNITED STATES BIOSPHERE NETWORK. THE NETWORK IS MADE UP OF 28 PLACES ACROSS THE U.S. THAT ARE RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY FOR THEIR BEAUTY, BIODIVERSITY, AND ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL VALUES. SEE SCHEDULE O.

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CORRIDORS & CROSSINGS - FROM CLIMATE ADAPTATION TO WILDLIFE MIGRATION, CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO CONSERVE NATURE AT A LARGE SCALE IN MUCH OF THE FRAGMENTED TEMPERATE AND TROPICAL REGIONS OF THE WORLD. WHILE CORRIDOR SCIENCE IS DECADES OLD, ITS IMPLEMENTATION HAS BEEN SLOW AND INCONSISTENT. POLICY EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY, PRIORITIZE AND PROTECT ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY AND WILDLIFE CORRIDORS REMAIN IN THE EARLY STAGES. LANGUAGE AND CONCEPTS WE DRAFTED AND ADVOCATED HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN FEDERAL AND STATES BILLS, MOST SIGNIFICANTLY THE NEW FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE AND CORRIDORS LEGISLATION IN COLORADO. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO FOSTER A COMMUNITY OF COLLABORATION BY WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO ADVANCE POLICIES AND PROVIDED SUPPORT TO STATES AND OTHER PARTNERS IN LEVERAGING FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CROSSING STRUCTURE PROJECTS. SEE SCHEDULE O.