Our Landscapes
Connected natural landscapes are essential – for clean water, healthy ecosystems, vibrant communities and economies, climate resilience, cultural heritage, outdoor recreation, and more. Conserving our landscapes means working together – at the larger scale that makes an enduring difference.
Our Network
We connect people to ideas and innovations – and each other – building a community of practice for landscape conservation. Together, we are developing tools and strategies and advancing best practices and policies to help people sustain the landscapes we cannot live without.

Catalyst Fund
NLC's Catalyst Fund builds capacity for landscape conservation partnerships by investing in the “backbone” coordination of the collaborative process

Pathways Forward
Explore the report that emerged from the strategic discussions of the 2017 National Forum

Survey Report
Explore the summary report of the 2017 survey of North American landscape conservation initiatives

Our Partners
NLC is a broad-based and growing network - explore our more than 100 partners

Resource Library
NLC maintains an up-to-date repository of information and resources on the practice of landscape conservation - explore the library

Initiative Database
NLC maintains a database of North American landscape conservation initiatives - explore & add to the database
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The Landscape Conservation Bulletin is distributed every other month and aggregates recent news, events, and topics in the landscape conservation field.
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Perspectives: Landscape Conservation in Action
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It is not news that we need a global conversation on how to integrate the conservation of cultural and natural values on the landscape. This has been an on-going discussion for decades. However, in the last couple of years the dialogue has gained momentum. At the IUCN-sponsored World Conservation Congress in Hawai’i (September 2016) a purposeful Nature/Culture Journey was launched to bring together the best ideas on the topic. This dialogue was then continued with a more explicitly cultural focus...
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