International Land Conservation Network

Empowering a Global Community for Land Conservation

The International Land Conservation Network connects civic and private organizations and people, across boundaries and around the world, to accelerate the protection and strengthen the management of land and natural resources.

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Announcement

The ILCN/ELCN Global Congress has been rescheduled for December 8-10, 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into even greater focus the importance of land conservation across multiple scales for the well-being of human and natural communities. We look forward to convening our global community of practice to share experience, best practices, and our renewed commitment to accelerating effective private and civil society contributions to international conservation targets.

In light of ongoing uncertainty regarding international travel, the 2021 Global Congress will be a hybrid event. We will meet both online and in-person at Món Sant Benet near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. More information regarding session proposals, agenda, and registration information will be forthcoming in coming months.

Information regarding the 2021 Global Congress will be updated regularly on the following page: 2021 Global Congress

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Featured Resources

The body of literature exploring private and civic land conservation is constantly growing, both in scope and scale. Three outstanding new publications are featured below.

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ILCN ELCN Earth Day Online Plenary (Video)

On the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day, the ILCN/ELCN Earth Day Plenary highlights the importance of leadership at all levels of society – from national, subnational, and local government to civic and grassroots initiatives – to protect natural and cultural resources for the benefit of present and future generations.

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ILCN Webinar: Holistic Landscape Conservation in the 21st Century (Video)

In this Webinar, 2019 Kinsbury Browne Fellow Michael Whitfield makes a case for holistic landscape conservation efforts, discusses elements of holistic landscape collaboration that meet both ecological and social goals, and examines the consequences of their implementation in multiple settings.

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Report on the Large Landscape Peer Learning Initiative: The Journey of the First Cohort

The Large Landscape Peer Learning Initiative (LLPLI) is an effort designed to: help articulate, through peer exchange and sharing of best practices, the strategic vision of large landscape conservation initiatives around the globe, and to monitor the implementation of these strategic visions over time.

Connecting Private & Civic Land Conservationists Worldwide

The civic and private land conservation community works across six continents to protect and steward treasured landscapes.

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What Our Partners Are Saying

Gayle Austen

Chair, Trust for Nature

It has never been more important to work together across the world to promote and expand private land conservation. In one sense, COVID19 means that borders are being restored to their medieval status as obstacles, but in another way, the power of the virus is showing us how meaningless borders are. Our native creatures look on in bemusement.

Uniting the passion of private land-owners with conservation-focused government has never been a better idea, and I’m hopeful that this is a time when we can further build an understanding of the impact global partnership can have on conserving and strengthening our natural environment. ILCN has a critical role to play in spreading the word and keeping us all energized with the possibilities of private land conservation in a difficult time. Trust for Nature is proud to be part of ILCN and draw on the inspiration of other like-minded organizations around the world.
Dr. Jane Goodall

Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute

"I [congratulate you on the work] of the International Land Conservation Network. It’s so exciting to know that [you are convening] people from many countries—from six continents—who care passionately about ... conservation. It [is] a brilliant idea to link together private landowners with government agencies and NGOs who all share the goal of preserving the natural world."
Angelo Salsi

LIFE and Eco-innovation Head of Unit, European Commission

“The creation of the ILCN was a conservation milestone. Its example has inspired the establishment of a similar initiative to encourage effective private land conservation across Europe.”
Jon Jarvis

18th Director of the United States National Park Service

“The ILCN and its partners on six continents are key in sustaining momentum for conservation at local, regional, national and international scales. Your patience and persistence, as well as the new paradigms you are exploring for cross-boundary, cross-sectoral conservation initiatives, are vitally important – and the emerging successes being highlighted by the ILCN are a source of inspiration for us all.”