When lynx, elephants, markhors, bears or elk move in search of water or food, they don’t stop to show their passports at the border or pause to consider which areas are protected; wildlife goes where it needs to survive. In this feature article, interviews with Center staff illuminate the challenges and opportunities associated with several of our current efforts to reconnect landscapes that straddle international borders.| Center for Large Landscape Conservation
While the increasing human population and climate change already threaten native wildlife in Kenya and Tanzania, the two countries’ populations are expected to double by 2050. Seeing these threats impacting the transboundary landscape, both governments have begun the process to conserve wildlife corridors. In partnership with WWF, the Center for Large Landscape Conservation recently led a two-day workshop providing an opportunity for representatives of the governments of Kenya and Tanzania,...| Center for Large Landscape Conservation
Stretching from the rolling Appalachian Mountains to the rugged Atlantic coastline, the landscapes of Northeastern North America feature bustling population centers, recreational havens and productive farms and timberlands as well as vast forests, abundant freshwater and impressive biodiversity. These are some of the most socio-ecologically complex landscapes in the world, increasingly recognized as critical for ecological integrity and climate adaptation at the continental and even global sc...| Center for Large Landscape Conservation