Promoting Connectivity Conservation Around the World
The Center for Large Landscape Conservation, as an official Non-governmental Member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), provides leadership and expertise across the Union, at World Conservation Congresses, and across the field of international conservation. Since joining in 2016, the Center has played a prominent role to advance connectivity conservation from policy and dialogue at international conferences to planning and action at local levels. This includes:
- Leading preparation and negotiation of the 2020 policy resolution “Ecological connectivity conservation in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework” and the 2025 Motion 127 Recognising and Reporting Ecological Corridors
- Contributing expertise to identify connectivity-specific actions for the Global Species Action Plan
- International Policy and Partnerships Specialist Gabriel Oppler serving as a representative to the IUCN Youth Advisory Committee
Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group
The Center is committed to elevating connectivity conservation through collaborative partnerships, highlighted by our role as Secretariat of the IUCN WCPA Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group (CCSG). Established in 2016, the CCSG is composed of 1200+ volunteer members from 125+ countries. Members are experts working in government, scientific, academic, non-profit, and business sectors with more 450 institutions represented across the community.
- Founder and CEO Gary Tabor serving as Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group (CCSG) with 1,300+ volunteer members from 130+ countries
- International Connectivity Program Manager Aaron Laur supporting the CCSG as Executive Officer
- Senior Conservation Advisor Rob Ament serving as Co-Chair of the CCSG Transport Working Group and Asian Elephant Transport Working Group
- Linear Infrastructure Ecology Advisor Fernanda Teixeira serving as Co-Chair of the CCSG Latin American Caribbean Transport Working Group
- Implementing a 2016 policy resolution to produce IUCN’s first Guidelines for conserving connectivity through ecological networks and corridors, now available in Chinese, English, French, Korean, Mongolian, and Spanish
- Producing the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Technical Report Addressing ecological connectivity in the development of roads, railways and canals as part of implementing the 2020 policy resolution “Wildlife-friendly linear infrastructure”
- Operating the Marine Connectivity Working Group
- Operating the Asian Elephant Transport Working Group and producing the “Handbook to Mitigate the Impacts of Roads and Railways on Asian Elephants”
Banner photo: Asian elephants, Thailand – Adobe Stock
