A New Vision for a Connected Natural World
Here at the Center, we like to think big: large landscape conservation requires big ideas, multi-jurisdictional and cross-cultural perspectives, and support for a global connectivity conservation community. In fact, an important part of our daily work is operating 10 networks of experts and institutions focused on the topic in the U.S. and internationally. Through these networks, we are leading 2,000+ conservation practitioners working across jurisdictional boundaries in 120+ countries to advance the conservation and stewardship of connected lands and waters, healthy communities, and wildlife habitat worldwide.
Our focus on collaboration is the not-so-secret key to our success, and we hope to share it with even more partners through NatureConnect.
Why Work With Us?
Experience
Over the past 12 years, we have provided hundreds of public and private sector partners with technical support and science-based solutions to address expanding habitat fragmentation at global to local scales. This has included many activities from crafting global policy mandates to helping plan conservation corridors to identify where wildlife crossing structures should be located. Each successful collaboration enhances our knowledge and has led to the development of cutting-edge tools and approaches that can be scaled and adapted to many geographies and jurisdictions.
Expertise
With specializations such as wildlife biology, forest management, environmental policy and governance, network design, spatial connectivity modeling, and road ecology, our staff has the expertise for effectively conserving ecological connectivity. In particular, the Center has become a national and global authority on avoiding and mitigating the negative effects of roads, rails, and other linear infrastructure on habitat and wildlife by leveraging our skills and partnerships to make a difference in communities where it is needed most.
Commitment
Our mission of advancing ecological connectivity for climate resilience worldwide has never been more important or urgent. We’re inspired by the incredible determination we see in communities and partners who share our commitment to reconnecting our fragmented natural world and know we are stronger when working together.
Photos, top to bottom: Caribou Lake, North Shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota – Adobe Stock; CLLC team members with rangers of the Koytendag State Nature Reserve in Turkmenistan – Shirin Karryeva; CLLC road ecologists analyze wildlife movement and plan for reducing barriers – CLLC photo; CLLC team members with conservation colleagues at the summit of Mt. Kinabalu, Malaysia’s highest mountain – CLLC photo.
