Conservation Corridor June 2024 Newsletter
Connectivity Science
How dangerous is dispersal across habitat boundaries?
While we usually think of the matrix between habitat patches as inhospitable, it may support seeds better than previously thought - but only as a one-way street.
Connectivity Management
Managing urban areas to conserve endangered species
Research on butterflies highlights how multiple factors - connectivity between green spaces, surrounding land use, and habitat quality - play a role in endangered species conservation in cities.
Connectivity & Climate Change
Reaching 30x30 goals for mountain ecosystems
A global analysis of mountain ecosystems shows the degree to which they are impacted by human modification, and how much additional protection is needed to reach key global conservation targets.
Connectivity Policy
Connectivity in National Policies: Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is one of only a few countries in the world that recognize ecological connectivity in national law, helping to protect its striking diversity of landscapes and wildlife.
Connectivity News
- U.S. interagency partnership launches Conservation.gov to highlight national conservation projects and new American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas (Council on Environmental Quality)
- California's Wallis Annenburg Wildlife Crossing on track to open in early 2026 (California Gov)
- Habitat connectivity maps show that Canada's wild pigs are highly likely to invade northern U.S. (Field & Stream)
- Wyoming approves funding to upgrade and construct multiple wildlife overpasses and underpasses (Wyoming Game & Fish)
- Peru establishes Mar Tropical de Grau National Reserve to protect and connect four marine regions along northern coast (Andes Amazon Fund)
- Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act introduced for inclusion in next U.S. Farm Bill (Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership)
- California Assembly passes Room to Roam Act requiring local governments to consider and implement measures to protect wildlife connectivity (Center for Biological Diversity)
- NCEL and Wildlands Network release report analyzing 25 years of habitat connectivity legislation and its effectiveness (National Caucus of Environmental Legislators)
Previous Digests
Connectivity Science: Forest edges and leaf functional traits impact decomposition
Connectivity Management: Keeping rare species connected in urban areas
Connectivity & Climate Change: Marine protected area networks buffer against climate warming
Connectivity Policy: Wildlife Corridor Action Plans across the U.S.
