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The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working with partners around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
To learn more about the Conservancy, browse this documents library to download our publications and tools.
About the Conservancy
Protecting Ecosystems for People and Nature
Brochure describing The Nature Conservancy and our work with partners around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy
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Conservation by Design: A Strategic Framework for Mission Success
The Nature Conservancy’s collaborative, science-based conservation approach and analytical methods to identify what needs to be conserved and where and how to conserve it.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy
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Marine
Marine Conservation: Protecting our Oceans and Coasts for People and Nature
An overview of The Nature Conservancy’s work with partners to create lasting conservation results that benefit marine life, local communities and economies.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy
Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
Coastal and marine ecosystem protection and restoration is the foundation for ecosystem-based adaptation and there is an urgent need to develop, implement, and fund these strategies as a central part of the global response to climate change.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, The World Bank, Ramsar Secretariat, WWF
Setting Priorities for Marine Conservation
An overview of the principles and process for marine ecoregional assessments, which guide decisions and identify efficient actions for marine conservation and management.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy
Sea Level Rise Learning Network: Adapting Conservation Strategies to Global Climate Change
A new group of Conservancy staff and partners working across geographic and organizational boundaries to refine conservation strategies that address the challenge of rising seas.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy
Reef Resilience Toolkit v.3
Online toolkit that provides coral reef managers with information and tools on building resilience to climate change into the design of marine protected areas and management activities. Visit the toolkit at www.reefresilience.org
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy, WWF, WCS, CI, NOAA GBRMPA, IUCN, CORDIO
Ensuring Coral Reef Survival
An overview of The Nature Conservancy’s work with partners to create and protect resilient marine protected areas around the world.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy
Community Partnerships for Restoration and Conservation
Overview of The Nature Conservancy’s work with partners to implement on-the-ground projects to restore important marine habitats and protect aquatic species in the United States.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy
Nature’s Investment Bank: How Marine Protected Areas Contribute to Poverty Reduction (Executive Summary)
This policy brief summarizes the results and their relevance to conservation initiatives of a study conducted in four Marine Protected Areas in the Asia Pacific Region to determine whether and if so in what ways they are contributing to poverty reduction.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy, DEWR, PREM, WWF - Indonesia
Nature’s Investment Bank: How Marine Protected Areas Contribute to Poverty Reduction (Full Report)
This study is one of the first to empirically analyze the link between biodiversity conservation initiatives and poverty reduction, to determine whether four particular marine protected areas have contributed to poverty reduction, and if so, why. The four study sites do not represent a random sample but were deliberately chosen because local experts believe they have contributed to poverty reduction.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy, DEWR, PREM, WWF - Indonesia
Global Island Partnership
The Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) promotes actions for island conservation and sustainable livelihoods by inspiring leadership, catalyzing commitments, and facilitating collaboration among all islands.
Author(s): GLISPA
Asia Pacific
The Coral Triangle Program: Reefs for the Future, Fish for the Future
Information highlighting The Nature Conservancy's work with partners in Kimbe Bay and Papua New Guinea to establish the first MPA network resilient to climate change.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy
Coral Triangle Center of Excellence: Protecting the Most Diverse Reefs on Earth
The Coral Triangle Center works to make resilient networks of marine protected areas by implementing on-site conservation, providing technical support and influencing policy.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy
Kimbe Bay MPA Network: Addressing Global and Local Threats to Coral Reef Habitats
A summary of The Nature Conservancy’s work in Kimbe Bay, the design and implementation of a resilient network of Marine Protected Areas.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy
Scientific Design of a Resilient Network of Marine Protected Areas - Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Guide to The Nature Conservancy’s process in working with local communities, governments and other stakeholders to establish a resilient network of marine protected areas in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy, USAID, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Solomon Islands: Working with Communities to Protect Biodiversity and Livelihoods
An overview of the Conservancy's work in the Solomon Islands, including the Arnavons, one of the first sustainably financed community managed marine parks.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy
Micronesia: Protecting Micronesia’s Island Ecosystems
A summary of The Nature Conservancy’s work in Micronesia.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy
Partnerships: The Heart of the Conservancy’s Micronesia Program
A fact sheet summarizing how The Nature Conservancy works in Micronesia- through partnerships.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy
Micronesia Challenge
An overview of the Micronesia Challenge: to effectively conserve at least 30% of the near-shore marine resources and 20% of the terrestrial resources across Micronesia by 2020.
Author(s): Micronesia Challenge Support Team
Micronesia Challenge: Lessons Learned
A brave look at some of the key lessons learned during the first two years since the inception of the Micronesia Challenge. This information is specifically designed to help other island nations, and nations with islands, as they strive to make bold conservation commitments of their own.
Author(s): FSM, Palau, RMI, CNMI, Guam
Papua New Guinea: Involving Local Communities in Conservation Efforts from Land to Sea
A summary on how The Nature Conservancy works with the government, local communities and other partners to address the threats of deforestation, logging, agriculture and destructive fishing to biodiversity in Papua New Guinea.
Author(s): The Nature Conservancy
Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Kal Muller (Local children in a dugout canoe in Indonesia); Photo © Christopher Crowley (Soft corals in the Coral Triangle).
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