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Take a peak at our conservation "Mosaic" model
Conserving large, integrated landscapes: In the last 25 years, we've protected 22,056,968 acres!
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We are truly proud of the impacts we’ve made in 2021, but where our work really comes to life is in the interconnectedness of these component parts. Each acre of land protected, each relationship built with a local community or municipal government, each new species discovered is part of a greater, integrated whole.
Nature and Culture International is concentrating our efforts in 13 large-scale eco-regional landscapes, or mosaics. Collectively these mosaics cover about 30 million acres of wild places – including some of the largest carbon reserves and the most species-rich ecosystems in the world.
This concept of creating large-scale mosaics that provide connection between protected areas is central to Nature and Culture’s strategy. Protected areas are vital for the survival of nature and all that it provides us with – clean water, food, medicine, and a stable climate. Local communities rely on these natural resources and many of these areas are sacred to Indigenous peoples.
OUR CONSERVATION MOSAICS
North America
We work in 1 Conservation Mosaic in Mexico.
South America
We work in 12 Conservation Mosaics in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
MEASURING OUR IMPACT LONG-TERM
Vital Signs
Working in mosaics is a long-term commitment, requiring continuous monitoring and evaluation. That’s why we track each area we protect to make sure its “vital signs” are in good health.
Designating a protected area is not enough. To thrive, it needs oversight, planning, and funding, which we monitor as Vital Signs. In the same way, a doctor checks a person’s vital signs to ensure they are alive and well, we check a protected area’s vital signs to ensure it is thriving.
1. Official recognition of the Mosaic by a state entity or international body.
2. Clear and recognized legal status of the conservation areas by the corresponding state, through its different levels of government.
3. Governance Mechanism and Natural Resource Plans ensures that there is an entity responsible for the management of the conservation areas, those entities could be public, community, Indigenous and/or private.
4. Action Plan is a multi-year plan, aimed at guaranteeing conservation of the mosaic's reserve areas.
5. Financial Mechanism, such as conservation funds or water funds, that guarantees economic resources for the conservation and management of its protected areas.
6. Monitoring and Control Mechanism tracks the conservation status of natural ecosystems and assesses the effectiveness of the conservation measures that are implemented.
