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Land Conservation
Balancing the Needs of People and Nature
Finding ways for people to live sustainably on Earth is growing more urgent every year. With the world population projected to reach 9 billion by 2050, there will be even more pressure on deserts, grasslands, forests, and other natural resources to provide food, energy, transportation and housing for a growing, hungry world. These activities further stress already fragmented natural areas that are reeling from deforestation, disrupted migratory routes, environmental pollution and a rapidly changing climate.
If we don’t make changes now, future generations, regardless of where they live, may not have the opportunity to experience the same plentiful planet that we benefit from today.
Local Results, Global Community
As threats to critical lands have intensified, so have the Conservancy's effort to protect them. Through our global network of scientists and conservation experts, we are implementing comprehensive, on-the-ground projects and engaging communities, companies and governments to find solutions to some of the most pressing conservation challenges of our time.
Finding balance between the needs of people and those of nature—providing the essentials both need to survive.
Empowering Traditional Communities
Working hand-in-hand with communities to help protect, manage and defend their homelands.
Working with industry, governments and NGOs to realize the value of nature and invest in it for the long-term.
Science and conservation planning are helping to guide a compromise between conservation, development and local herding communities.
The Conservancy is helping tribal leaders and community land managers conserve more than 2 million acres of traditional lands.
Learn how this bold model for preservation, restoration and innovation is delivering big wins for conservation and wildlife.
See how proper siting could protect wildlife across the country and power tens of millions of homes.
Where Big Timber Meets Big Conservation
Learn how timber companies, non-profits, government agencies and First Nations communities are coming together to save Canada's Boreal Forest.
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We need to act now, before it's too late. Watch the Video, Take Action
We're addressing Latin America's most pressing conservation issues. Read the Story
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