A global-wide comparison between continuous and fragmented landscapes leverages data from over 4,000 taxa to refute claims that habitat fragmentation can increase biodiversity at landscape scales.| Conservation Corridor
An event during the CoP-28 climate change conference in Dubai brought together participants from around the world to emphasize the opportunity to seize on global commitments for conserving ecological connectivity as a key solution to reverse biodiversity loss and adapt to climate change.| Conservation Corridor
A global assessment of over 250 connectivity conservation plans from a wide variety of organizations, governments, and agencies summarizes the key factors for success.| Conservation Corridor
A new publication from the partners of the Staying Connected Initiative synthesizes recent insights on connectivity conservation across eastern Canada, the northeastern United States, and many Indigenous territories.| Conservation Corridor
Because everybody needs a little help when it comes to connectivity modeling, we've got you covered.| Conservation Corridor
GPS data from smartphones has the potential to transform connectivity conservation by revealing when and where human presence actually disrupts wildlife movement, allowing managers to identify barriers, prioritize mitigation, and design landscapes that better sustain ecological connections. The post Can human mobility data help improve landscape connectivity? appeared first on Conservation Corridor.| Conservation Corridor
A new framework reimagines biodiversity protection for a changing climate by integrating protected areas, working lands, and human communities into connected, multifunctional landscapes that sustain both nature and people. The post “Conservation mosaics” as a paradigm for the planet appeared first on Conservation Corridor.| Conservation Corridor
Indigenous territories and protected areas cover over half of the Amazon basin and sustain significantly high levels of ecosystem connectivity, making them a vital part of protected area networks.| Conservation Corridor
Conservation Corridor aims to bridge the science and practice of conservation corridors and connectivity.| Conservation Corridor
CCSG Working Groups CCSG Working Groups provide ongoing specialist expertise and leadership to identify and address challenges and opportunities for advancing connectivity conservation. Members of these groups focus on specific ecosystems, geographic areas, and species that have been prioritized to advance CCSG's mission. The Specialist Group looks forward to growing these| Conservation Corridor
Forests provide important ecosystem services, such as sequestering carbon and preserving biodiversity. However, not all remaining forests are in the same condition; a new tool finds most are fragmented and disturbed by human pressures.| Conservation Corridor
An organized overview of more than 40 connectivity tools provides a starting point for working with resistance surfaces.| Conservation Corridor
A global analysis aimed at measuring how isolated each of the world’s protected areas are from one another reveals critical connectivity areas important for reaching global conservation goals.| Conservation Corridor
Programs and Tools Need a program or tool to help with modeling connectivity? Check out the many options below to determine which will work best for your goals and conservation plans. Stand-alone Tools R-based Tools ArcGIS/QGIS Tools Need help deciding which tool to| Conservation Corridor
A new global analysis uses numerous metrics incorporating habitat connectivity and aggregation to reveal that more than half of the world’s forests have become increasingly fragmented since 2000. The post Over half of global forests have become more fragmented appeared first on Conservation Corridor.| Conservation Corridor
The Center for Large Landscape Conservation has issued a new report for local communities that serves as a practical guide for planners and partners to incorporate wildlife habitat connectivity into local land use planning. The post New guide: local planning for habitat connectivity appeared first on Conservation Corridor.| Conservation Corridor
Genetic analysis of plant hybrids in western North America reveals how hybrid zones can bridge fragmented landscapes and boost ecosystem resilience under climate change.| Conservation Corridor
More precise measurements of degradation in tropical moist forests show that edge effects, recovery times, and forest vulnerability are much greater than previously thought.| Conservation Corridor
A connectivity assessment of U.S. protected areas highlights how results can change according to scale and context, emphasizing the need for standardized reporting frameworks.| Conservation Corridor
New guiding principles for restoring coastal ecosystems provide a path forward in reaching 30x30 targets.| Conservation Corridor
The 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, a milestone agreement with an elevated focus on ecological connectivity.| Conservation Corridor
Farm fields that are temporarily or semi-permanently fallow due to drought may improve landscapes connectivity by lowering agricultural intensity.| Conservation Corridor
A multitude of factors influence the prioritization of lands and actions needed to deliver on 30x30 goals.| Conservation Corridor
Hybrid zones expand plant resilience in fragmented landscapes| Conservation Corridor
A review of almost two decades of connectivity modeling papers shows that while less than 6% include model validation, new guidelines can help practitioners improve how they develop and apply connectivity models.| Conservation Corridor
Habitat use by radio-collared American marten in Canada changes according to season, leading to shifting movement corridors over the course of the year.| Conservation Corridor
An original pipeline to optimize conservation actions quantifies cumulative effects and maximizes landscape connectivity under a budget constraint.| Conservation Corridor
OECMs - other effective area-based conservation measures - have the potential to contribute to 30x30 goals, although current evidence shows that more strategic planning is needed to make them successful. The post The contribution of OECMs to achieving global biodiversity targets appeared first on Conservation Corridor.| Conservation Corridor
Deep-sea ecosystems are more connected across oceans than shallow waters, emphasizing the need for conservation strategies that protect biodiversity at all depths. The post Deep-sea life connects across oceans appeared first on Conservation Corridor.| Conservation Corridor
GECOT is an open-source tool that models conservation and restoration planning as a connectivity optimization problem, allowing practitioners to account for cumulative effects between conservation actions.| Conservation Corridor
Connectivity & Climate Change Digests about climate change impacts on connectivity and corridors| Conservation Corridor
Protecting Asian Elephants from Linear Transport Infrastructure: The Asian Elephant Transport Working Group’s Introduction to the Challenges and Solutions Across the 13 countries where endangered Asian elephants still roam, habitats and movement corridors are increasingly [...]| Conservation Corridor
CoLa functions as a new decision support system designed to make it easier to integrate assessments of habitat connectivity into land-use planning and development. The post Connecting Landscapes (CoLa): new tool to facilitate conservation led development appeared first on Conservation Corridor.| Conservation Corridor
A continent-wide analysis of more than 400 North American bird species reveals that while many are shifting ranges northward, these movements only partly reduce their exposure to rapidly rising temperatures. The post How well do range shifts mitigate climate change for North American birds? appeared first on Conservation Corridor.| Conservation Corridor
To address the disconnect between science and real-world implementation, a new framework resolves longstanding uncertainties about how to effectively protect large-scale ecological linkages in an era of increasing threats.| Conservation Corridor
Protected area networks are impacted by not only ecological connectivity, but also the connectivity of the managers and social actors associated with them.| Conservation Corridor
Movement paths from tracked mule deer in Utah show that urbanization affects not only whether a corridor is used, but how it is used as well.| Conservation Corridor
Protected areas can minimize fragmentation within their boundaries, but a regional focus that includes unprotected areas is needed to ensure effective connectivity.| Conservation Corridor
Kenya's unique approach to wildlife conservation focuses on decentralized planning that emphasizes community involvement and integrates connectivity to protect dispersal and breeding grounds. The post Connectivity in National Policies: Kenya appeared first on Conservation Corridor.| Conservation Corridor
Despite the increased focus on creating protected areas to achieve large-scale conservation goals like 30x30, a new assessment reveals that many species across multiple taxa still face widespread and ongoing threats to their survival.Despite growing efforts to expand protected areas under goals like 30x30, a new assessment shows that many species across different taxonomic groups continue to face widespread, ongoing threats to their survival.| Conservation Corridor
Although best known for tiger and elephant corridors, India also protects a diversity of wildlife through decades of connectivity-focused conservation policies. The post Connectivity in National Policies: India appeared first on Conservation Corridor.| Conservation Corridor
A new synthesis of temperate coastal research argues that for global conservation targets such as 30x30 to succeed, connectivity must be at the heart of coastal restoration efforts.| Conservation Corridor
Find all the answers to your questions about connectivity: Why is it important? What are some examples? And how can it be a part of conservation planning?| Conservation Corridor
Find out what metrics are available to determine the level of connectivity in a land- or seascape, and get guidance on how to select the most appropriate metrics based on broad context, conservation objectives, and connectivity type.| Conservation Corridor
Species redistribution under climate change often means crossing borders into new jurisdictions. How can we best manage biodiversity under differing ecological, economic, and social values?| Conservation Corridor
Jump to: Edge Effects | Predation | Disease | Invasive Species | Population Synchrony | Social Concerns Publications Table Gilbert-Norton, L., et al. 2010. A meta-analytic review of corridor effectiveness. Conservation Biology 24: 660-668. Haddad, N.M.,| Conservation Corridor
Jump to: Human-made Linkages | Corridor Experiments | Natural Corridors | Large-scale Corridors Human-made Linkages Since 1996 over 40 wildlife crossing structures and over 80 km of wildlife fencing have been built to connect and protect populations of grizzly bear, wolverines, elk, and others| Conservation Corridor
Extreme snowfall in Wyoming forced pronghorn to make long-distance escape movements, but encounters with fences and highways significantly increased mortality, highlighting the need for connectivity planning beyond seasonal migrations. The post Connectivity matters during climate extremes appeared first on Conservation Corridor.| Conservation Corridor
A new study examines how habitat connectivity, land cover, and traffic patterns influence wildlife-vehicle collision hotspots in New Hampshire, revealing that more connected areas may actually experience fewer collisions depending on species and landscape context.| Conservation Corridor
Publications from the Asian Elephant Transport Working Group featured in Gajah Journal The post Formative work of AsETWG highlighted in Gajah appeared first on Conservation Corridor.| Conservation Corridor
Invertebrate surveys from the UK show that woodland connectivity enhances biodiversity, especially in landscapes with low woodland cover, highlighting the need for targeted restoration to maximize ecological benefits.| Conservation Corridor
Asian Elephant Transport Working Group Asian elephant walking on the road at Khao Yai National Park, Thailand The Asian Elephant Transport Working Group (AsETWG) was formed in 2018 as a joint collaboration of the IUCN WCPA Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group and the IUCN SSC| Conservation Corridor
An assessment of Key Biodiversity Areas shows that almost 90% are experiencing a high level of human disturbance, even when habitat is considered protected.| Conservation Corridor
A comparison of 17 different metrics used to assess progress toward protected area goals reveals how useful it can be to keep it simple.| Conservation Corridor
As individual states create more concrete plans for achieving 30x30 goals, Michigan provides one example of how these plans can take shape.| Conservation Corridor
A comprehensive review of connectivity science offers a clear definition and tools to measure and restore organism movement critical for biodiversity, ecosystem services, and climate resilience amid global change.| Conservation Corridor
Although local conservation efforts may be successful, they can also shift biodiversity problems to connected regions without actually solving them.| Conservation Corridor
Turkmenistan's Koytendag State Nature Reserve: 2nd ground testing of IUCN Connectivity Guidelines Located in southeast Turkmenistan, on the border with Uzbekistan and close to Afghanistan, the Mountain Ecosystems of Koytendag (MEK) are one of the most distinctive landscapes in Central Asia. The region extends from the hot, dry,| Conservation Corridor
Habitat connectivity for predatory fish along the Baltic Sea coast helps in part to prevent smaller prey fish from taking over bays and causing eutrophication.| Conservation Corridor
Fossil records show that the majority of plant taxa have shifted their distributions to track climates in the past, but habitat fragmentation may limit their ability to do so in the future.| Conservation Corridor
The 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity recently took place in Cali, Colombia, and focused on how countries can meet their commitments to the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.| Conservation Corridor
A comparison between proactive and reactive schemes to designate protected areas reveals that one method is likely to achieve target conservation goals faster.| Conservation Corridor
The 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS/COP14), held 12-17 February in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, brought additional focus to the vital role that ecological connectivity plays in conserving species and habitats across migratory ranges.| Conservation Corridor
Marine Connectivity Working Group Click here to download the MCWG Terms of Reference Connectivity conservation is widely recognized as a key requirement for ensuring effective marine protected area networks and sustaining essential ecological processes of the planet’s oceans. The CCSG Marine Connectivity Working Group (MCWG) was| Conservation Corridor
After four years of negotiation, the 15th Conference of the Parties (CoP-15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework on 18 December 2022 in Montreal (Canada). This milestone agreement [...]| Conservation Corridor
Ecological connectivity in international policy The importance of safeguarding ecological connectivity is receiving increasing attention around the world as a way to more comprehensively stop fragmentation, reverse biodiversity loss, and increase resilience to climate change. Many multilateral instruments and international institutions are now emphasizing ecological connectivity to achieve their objectives| Conservation Corridor
A nationwide forest survey across China suggests that forest edges may be less resilient to climate change and more likely to see phenological shifts compared to forest interiors.| Conservation Corridor
