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UN Biodiversity Conference December 2022: New support for the connection Of Nature and Culture

The UN Biodiversity Conference 2022 in Montreal from 7-19 December under the theme “Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth”, ushered in new initiatives to put the linkage of natural and cultural diversity at the heart of implementation. The main objective was for governments to adopt the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. This framework makes many references to culture, and the diversity of values and world views that link people and nature, stating that it will place biodiversity “at the heart of the sustainable development agenda, recognizing the important linkages between biological and cultural diversity

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Bridging the Nature/Culture Divide with Ecological Restoration

How we resolve the dissonance in our thinking between the goals of conserving ‘nature’ and ‘culture’. One area where this question is being dealt with in an engaging way is within the field of ecological restoration. Off the west coast of Canada, on a small island in the Gulf Islands archipelago, The Galiano Conservancy Association offers an exciting model of how to transform traditional nature conservation.

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Fall Meetings and Networking

This Fall Meet Up on Large Landscapes Summer is the time to plan for  the upcoming conference season. Until recently there have been limited opportunities

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UN Biodiversity Conference December 2022: New support for the connection Of Nature and Culture

The UN Biodiversity Conference 2022 in Montreal from 7-19 December under the theme “Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth”, ushered in new initiatives to put the linkage of natural and cultural diversity at the heart of implementation. The main objective was for governments to adopt the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. This framework makes many references to culture, and the diversity of values and world views that link people and nature, stating that it will place biodiversity “at the heart of the sustainable development agenda, recognizing the important linkages between biological and cultural diversity

Read More »

Bridging the Nature/Culture Divide with Ecological Restoration

How we resolve the dissonance in our thinking between the goals of conserving ‘nature’ and ‘culture’. One area where this question is being dealt with in an engaging way is within the field of ecological restoration. Off the west coast of Canada, on a small island in the Gulf Islands archipelago, The Galiano Conservancy Association offers an exciting model of how to transform traditional nature conservation.

Read More »

Fall Meetings and Networking

This Fall Meet Up on Large Landscapes Summer is the time to plan for  the upcoming conference season. Until recently there have been limited opportunities

Read More »