IUCN’s leadership in ecological connectivity conservation through integrated science, policy and practice

As the countermeasure to fragmentation, ecological connectivity conservation is a comprehensive strategy to save biodiversity, increase resilience to climate change and benefit people across lands and waters. Building on strong science, policy and practice, the World Commission on Protected Areas’ Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group (CCSG) released IUCN Guidelines for conserving connectivity through ecological networks and corridors. Available in six languages, the Guidelines provide consistent information to conserve ecological connectivity, especially to support achieving the “well-connected” element of Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. To better meet area- and species-based goals at larger scales, the Guidelines provide leading definitions, recommend formal recognition of “ecological corridors” as critical building blocks of “ecological networks” and provide principles and requirements for ecological corridors. They serve as the key resource for standardising multilater