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Initiative: USFWS & Partners support Hispanic forest landowners: The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service recently partnered with the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities and mano-Y-ola to complete a demographic study of Hispanic family forest landowners across the United States, including Puerto Rico. “The Hispanic population is one of the largest and fastest growing in the United States, yet very little is known about their relationship to land ownership,” said Nolo Martinez, co-president of man-Y-ola. Mano-Y-ola, a North Carolina-based consulting firm that focuses on minority and immigrant farmer communities, examined forest landowner demographic trends and the Hispanic presence in North America...

Post: 11 Lessons We’ve Learned as Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Consultants in the Outdoor, Conservation, and Environmental Sector: Diversity, equity, and inclusion (or DEI) work seems to be happening throughout the conservation space, but leaders are at times hard pressed to explain why this work is mission-critical beyond “it’s the right thing to do.” And though we agree DEI is the right thing to do, it behooves Blue Sky Funders Forum members to be more specific about why and how DEI work is imperative to the mission of making environmental learning opportunities accessible in all communities.

Article: Meet the scientists embracing traditional Indigenous knowledge: From grizzly bears in areas undocumented by Western science to a possible new fast-running subtype of caribou, traditional knowledge is enriching scientific information about our natural world...

Article: Why communities must be at the heart of conserving wildlife, plants and ecosystems: A little more than a year ago, the Haida Nation released the Land-Sea-People plan to manage Gwaii Haanas, off the coast of northern British Columbia, "from mountaintop to seafloor as a single, interconnected ecosystem." It's an innovative conservation effort that demonstrates how the Haida Nation and Canada's federal government can achieve biodiversity targets, protect the rights of Indigenous people and encourage collaboration among communities, governments and society. And it's an example of what we need more of to meet conservation objectives in the coming decade. The Aichi Targets for biodiversity conservation date back to 2010 and provided nations with the goalposts for the protection of species and habitats. Each of the 194 signatories to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was expected to meet all 20 targets by December 2020—ranging from preventing the extinction of threatened species to expanding protected area coverage. But few of the targets have been adequately met...

Post: Resources for racial justice, anti-racism, and allyship in the outdoors: Post from Conservation Northwest about how to support racial justice, anti-racism, and allyship in the outdoors

Article: Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023.

Range Rider Pilot Project: A collaborative effort between Conservation Northwest and local ranchers, the Range Rider Pilot Project seeks to demonstrate the effectiveness of non-lethal measures in deterring or reducing conflicts where wolves and livestock overlap in Washington state. We also coordinate with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), independent wolf experts, scientists and other partners to support range riding efforts.

Wyoming farmland: Photograph by James Pendleton, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Epic Ranch goat farm: North-South Institute, Inc. Executive Director Samuel W. Scott, Ph.D., and Farm Technician Alex Ramirez on Dave Borrowes’ Epic Ranch, in Davie, Florida, February 22, 2021. USDA/FPAC Photo by Preston Keres

Ted Takeaways: Podcast 2 - Working with Diverse Communities: The second of two short podcasts with Mr. Ted Coopwood III, DEI practitioner and conservation leader. Podcast II focuses on how to better work with diverse communities in the field.

Ted Takeaways: Podcast 1 - Empathy & Building Inclusive Teams: The first of two short podcasts with Mr. Ted Coopwood III, DEI practitioner and conservation leader. Podcast I focuses on how to 1) better understand the experiences of diverse colleagues and 2) build inclusive and diverse teams.

Definitions: For reference, below are definitions that the Landscape Partnership currently uses to understand and conceptualize different terms associated with equity and inclusion. Different resources shared on this page may use different definitions.

Definitions: For reference, below are definitions that the Landscape Partnership currently uses to understand and conceptualize different terms associated with equity and inclusion. Different resources shared on this page may use different definitions.

Training programs: Explore programs to build capacity and get training on conservation, agriculture, and working lands. Programs may have specific requirements to determine eligibility and ensure resources are accessible for historically underserved or marginalized producers and communities.

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