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Reefs at dawn, Pigeon Point, Monterey Bay, California. — Safe Haven The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary stretches from Marin to Cambria, providing federal protections across 6,094 square miles of ocean. © Frans Lanting

Issue 4, 2024 Features

Magazine Feature

Bay of Life: A Model for Protecting a Globally Unique Marine Sanctuary

A new kind of conservation is emerging in California’s central coast, one that protects interconnected ecosystems.

Nov 5, 2024

Magazine Feature

Going Big on Biodiversity: Our Vision to Slow Loss and Protect Land and Water

Large-scale biodiversity loss is not inevitable, argues David Banks, TNC’s chief conservation officer, if we can quickly mobilize global efforts to protect 30% of the world's lands and waters by 2030.

Oct 15, 2024

Magazine Feature

Channeling the Past to Face the Future: Restoring Ancient Aqueducts in Peru

In the Peruvian Andes, communities use nature, science and history to maximize every drop of water in one of the world’s driest places.

Nov 8, 2024

Magazine Feature

A Recipe for Reconnection

Damon Noe is trying to help New Jersey’s birds. In the process, he’s forging stronger coastlines—and relationships with nature—in the TikTok era.

Nov 8, 2024

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Colombia's Heartland

The country’s newest national park preserves a unique prairie system that connects the Andes mountains with the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers.

By Text by Matt Jenkins | Photographs by Federico Rios Escobar | Aug 8, 2024

A Forest for the Next Generations

Native communities in Alaska are leading a rebirth by reclaiming Indigenous authority and restoring culture, forests and local economies.

By Text by Jenna Kunze | Photos by Bethany Sonsini Goodrich | Aug 8, 2024

Green Harvest

For decades, a piece of legislation has had an outsized impact on protecting America’s landscapes. Now the U.S. Farm Bill is up for renewal again.

By Text by Ginger Strand| Photographs by Morgan Heim | Aug 8, 2024

Uncertain Waters

The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is America's largest blackwater swamp. Now a proposed mine puts it at risk.

By Text by Eric Seeger | Photographs by David Walter Banks | Aug 8, 2024

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Focus on Biodiversity

Blog

Biodiversity: Nature by Another Name

Nature underpins every aspect of human existence—and it is in crisis.

Oct 30, 2019

Content

Integrating Biodiversity in All We Do

Mainstreaming Biodiversity across all economic sectors is crucial to protect nature. At CBD COP16, TNC and partners are calling for strong mainstreaming targets in the Global Biodiversity Framework.

Oct 17, 2024

Opportunity

Biodiversity Finance is on the Move, but More Must Be Done

Since the signing of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, finance for nature and climate has progressed. COP16 offers a chance to further raise ambition and close the finance gap.

Oct 23, 2024

Nature Conservancy Magazine

Issue 4, 2024 Features

Bay of Life: A Model for Protecting a Globally Unique Marine Sanctuary

Going Big on Biodiversity: Our Vision to Slow Loss and Protect Land and Water