Center for Large Landscape Conservation

Fall elk migration is a key ecological process across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Maintaining movement corridors for wildlife is one way to ensure that species like elk can continue to thrive in the face of growing challenges such as navigating around housing developments and busier roads. Learn more in our latest article in Explore Big Sky: https://lnkd.in/eu-WptDz Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Photo: Holly Pippel

Our Senior Conservation Scientist Dr. Annika Keeley was interviewed for the latest issue of NCC Magazine. She talked about our work with the Nature Conservancy of Canada/Conservation de la nature Canada and Parks Canada on a large-scale research project to answer the question “What kind of conservation land management, and how much of it, ensures that landscapes are connected for species?” The work involves six study areas in Canada across five ecozones, each representing a different group of species. We hope that the study will result in bigger and better conservation that will keep wildlife on the move across the country! Check out the excellent magazine here. Interview is on page 11: https://lnkd.in/gPJbyBmj

🌍 On this International Day of Climate Action, learn more about how wildlife corridors -- in addition to protecting biodiversity -- can help increase our resilience to climate change. #ClimateActionDay https://lnkd.in/gH82qYPV

At #COP16Colombia, CMS has launched NEW guidelines to support strategic, science-driven conservation efforts worldwide. Prepared by the Center for Large Landscape Conservation, these guidelines are designed to help governments, conservation organizations, and other entities expand protected area networks using a science-based approach. The primary focus is to increase #EcologicalConnectivity and representativeness, which are crucial for maintaining biodiversity. 🦋 Ecological connectivity is critical for species survival, allowing for species migration and adaptation to climate change. Well-connected ecological networks support biodiversity and resilience. The new guidelines can assist countries in achieving Target 3 of the #KMGBF – conserving at least 30% of land and water areas by 2030. 🌄 🌊 Download the guidelines here: https://lnkd.in/g394e4A9 

If you are in Cali for #COP16Colombia, join us at today’s side event “Action for Peace and Biodiversity.” The Center for Large Landscape Conservation will present with partners our ongoing work in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to promote the benefits of habitat connectivity conservation for achieving a transboundary World Heritage Site shared by the two countries. More info: https://lnkd.in/gHj5uZF2 

Grateful to moderate a 90 minute Full House for ecological connectivity! Great discussion on emerging examples of ecological corridors and ecological networks as part of the Global Biodiversity Framework. Amy Fraenkel (CMS) , Glenda Ortega Sanchez (Ecuador), Patsy Contardo (Chile), Megh Nath Kafle (Nepal), Patience Gondiwa (Zimbabwe), Fernanda Teixeira (Brazil), Wendy Elliott (WWF Kenya), Heather Bingham (WCMC UK), Stephen Woodley (WCPA Canada), Dagmar Zikova (CMS), Aaron Laur (CLLC).

More than 130 participants joined the Center for Large Landscape Conservation and partners yesterday for the side event “Ecological Connectivity: A Key to Powering Delivery of the KMGBF” at UN Biodiversity's #COP16 in Cali, Colombia. Moderated by our CEO Gary Tabor and introduced by Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Executive Secretary Amy Fraenkel, the event featured speakers from multiple countries—including Chile, Ecuador, Nepal, and Zimbabwe—and highlighted five collaborative projects that are making an impact. These projects from around the world emphasize the importance of connectivity conservation and innovative approaches that can be taken for bold and urgent action to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gC6yCQvY WWF IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) UNEP-WCMC

Perhaps the most famous, most photographed, and most beloved grizzly bear has been killed by a vehicle strike in Wyoming. “People from around the world have followed grizzly bear 399 for several decades. At 28 years old, she was the oldest known reproducing female grizzly bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem,” Hilary Cooley, Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said in a statement. This tragic death of this iconic bear—the subject of the documentary “399: Queen of the Tetons”—underscores the danger that increasingly busy roads represent for bears and other large mammals. At the Center for Large Landscape conservation, we are saddened by this loss and hope that our work with partners worldwide to reduce the impacts of roads on wildlife will prevent many such collisions in the future. For more info on the documentary, see link in comments. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gPbhh8gR

🚨 New Report Launch: "An Overview of Participatory, Integrated, and Biodiversity-Inclusive Spatial Planning and Target 1 under the CBD Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework" 🌍 This report, launched today at #COP16, outlines how Target 1 of the #GBF calls for the implementation of Participatory, Integrated, and Biodiversity-Inclusive Spatial Planning (PI-BISP) to halt biodiversity loss and ensure ecosystem restoration by 2030, while respecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. 🔑 Key elements of the report include: 🌍 PI-BISP offers a comprehensive approach by integrating terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems, offering a systematic framework for addressing the drivers of biodiversity loss through coordinated spatial interventions. 📊 Effective implementation of #Target 1 is crucial for achieving multiple other biodiversity objectives, such as ecosystem restoration (Target 2), species conservation (Target 4), and sustainable use of biodiversity resources (Target 5). 🤝 The report emphasizes the importance of stakeholder participation, transparency, and the use of data-driven processes, ensuring alignment with existing policies and the best available scientific knowledge. This publication provides a pathway for countries to develop spatial plans that align with Target 1, contributing to broader biodiversity objectives. It also addresses the need for clear metrics to measure progress towards this goal. 📄 The full report, produced by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Taskforce on Spatial Planning, is now available: https://lnkd.in/gPnbgpjJ #COP16Colombia #BiodiversityFramework #KunmingMontreal #SpatialPlanning IUCN #Conservation #IndigenousRights #Biodiversity Hedley Grantham Vanessa Adams Mitali S. Erinn Drage UN Biodiversity Nigel Dudley James Watson Stephen Woodley Hugh Possingham Jorge Alvarez-Romero Natalie Ban Jedediah Brodie Brandie Fariss Kendall Jones Aaron Laur Suman Jumani Michael Heiner Annika Keeley Christina Kennedy Shane Geange Stephan Halloy Marion Marigo María José Martinez Harms Jennifer McGowan Pascale Bonzom Madhu Rao Vanessa Rathbone Andrew Skowno Bob Smith Fabrice Stephenson Annie Virnig Michelle Ward

Linear infrastructure—such as roads, railways, and power lines—poses an array of threats to snow leopards, including habitat fragmentation, wildlife-vehicle collisions, the introduction of pathogens and pollutants, and more. To address this, the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program put together a working group of scientists and conservationists. The group's forthcoming sustainable infrastructure guidelines will engage decision-makers and practitioners to not only protect snow leopards and their prey, but also preserve ecosystems that provide invaluable benefits for people, nature, and our climate. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g5XU8mns   #COP16 #SnowLeopardDay    USAID Snow Leopard Trust Center for Large Landscape Conservation