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Air, water, food, shelter, income: nature sustains every aspect of our lives. That's why protecting and conserving nature isn't just a matter of common sense. Since our founding in 1951, The Nature Conservancy has harnessed the power of nature to help solve our planet’s most challenging problems. And while the stakes are high, so is our resolve: to create a world where everyone thrives alongside n

ature for generations to come. We do this by working hand in hand with communities around the world. By committing to a science-based, non-partisan approach that’s stood the test of time. And by bringing people together, from all walks of life, to find common ground in nature.

Gabon is home to some of the world’s most extraordinary biodiversity—from forest elephants and lowland gorillas to vast ...
08/29/2026

Gabon is home to some of the world’s most extraordinary biodiversity—from forest elephants and lowland gorillas to vast peatlands and 500 miles of coastline. Today, we’re celebrating a major milestone: the launch of Gabon Infini, a Project Finance for Permanence initiative co-developed with the Government of Gabon, MINISTERE DES EAUX ET FORETS, CHARGÉ DU CONFLIT HOMME-FAUNE and Enduring Earth.

This effort aims to mobilize up to $200 million to strengthen protected areas, support sustainable community development, and help Gabon reach its goal of protecting 30% of its ecosystems.

We’re proud to work alongside Bezos Earth Fund, Global Environment Facility, Minderoo Foundation, FPBG : Fonds de PrĂ©servation de la BiodiversitĂ© au Gabon and Rob Walton Foundation to help secure a thriving future for Gabon’s people and wildlife.

Read the full press release: https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/gabon-infini-pfp-announcement/?en_txn1=s_fbo.gd.x.x



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The burn ban was lifted the day I drove to North Carolina’s Green Swamp Preserve. The entire state had been locked in dr...
08/27/2026

The burn ban was lifted the day I drove to North Carolina’s Green Swamp Preserve. The entire state had been locked in drought for weeks, and it was dry enough that state officials had prohibited all controlled fires. Now, The Nature Conservancy in North Carolina's office would almost certainly send a burn crew out on my first day in town.

But I hadn’t come to see a controlled burn. I was more interested in something else: the Venus flytrap. Hopefully, I would get to see it in bloom.

For most of my life, I didn't even know Venus flytraps could bloom. But as an adult, I learned that they produce stunning white flowers during springtime, shooting up stalks 8-12 inches high, well above the traps themselves. That height is intentional, keeping pollinators clear of the traps. This prevents that plant from accidentally eating its own pollinators.

In the end, the burn crew chose a different site to burn, so I never saw them light a torch. But once I started hiking through the Green Swamp, signs of previous fires were everywhere — blackened trunks and vigorous, new growth.

Most people don’t know that flytraps (and many other carnivorous plants) owe their survival to fire. They evolved in open, sunny pine savannas that historically burned every few years, whether from lightning strikes or fires set by Indigenous communities. Without regular fire, taller shrubs and trees creep in, shading out the tiny flytraps and starving them of the sunlight they need. Today, preserves like the Green Swamp rely on controlled burns — carefully set and monitored fires that mimic those natural cycles — to keep the canopy open and the understory clear.

Sadly, I was passing through North Carolina just a little too early to catch the first flytrap blooms. Their stalks had emerged, and I could see small buds. But they weren't quite ready to open.
It will make a good excuse to return to the Green Swamp Preserve next spring.

This story was written and photographed by TNC Content Producer Mikhaila Markham.

Want to learn more about the Green Swamp Preserve? Tap below:

https://nature.ly/4giybzg

In the forests of Borneo, the orangutan—a critically endangered animal in Indonesia—swings among the canopy. These anima...
08/26/2026

In the forests of Borneo, the orangutan—a critically endangered animal in Indonesia—swings among the canopy. These animals are one of numerous species, places and people TNC has helped over its decades in conservation.

Join us in celebrating 75 years of conservation—and decades of incredible nature photography—in the latest issue of Nature Conservancy magazine.

https://nature.ly/3RGhPrS

08/25/2026

What's something in nature you'll never get tired of seeing?

“Standing on a canyon rim, you look out over it, and you’re like, ‘I can’t believe people don’t even know this is here.’...
08/24/2026

“Standing on a canyon rim, you look out over it, and you’re like, ‘I can’t believe people don’t even know this is here.’”

Matt Moorhead has worked in the Southern High Plains for nearly three decades, traveling among ranches and preserves, hiking canyons and trekking through amber-colored shortgrass prairies.

With its mostly intact grasslands the area remains, in many ways, the closest thing North America has to the legendary “Old West.” But climate change, development pressure and ranch land subdivision are putting its future at risk.

Thankfully, conservation on the Southern High Plains is succeeding because it connects with the needs of people, including ranchers, tribal nations and recreationists.

TNC and its partners in the region are helping to protect some 2 million acres of the Southern High Plains, most of it still in the hands of families who have shaped it for generations.

It’s an effort aimed not only at safeguarding pronghorns, meadowlarks, gray foxes and long-lived snapping turtles, but also sustaining the communities that know it best. https://nature.ly/4whXAyK

Seventy-five years ago, a group of scientists came together with a simple idea: protect nature through direct action.Sin...
08/21/2026

Seventy-five years ago, a group of scientists came together with a simple idea: protect nature through direct action.

Since then, The Nature Conservancy has grown from a single land deal in New York into a global conservation organization working across landscapes and seascapes.

In the latest issue of Nature Conservancy magazine, explore some of the projects that helped shape the way TNC works today.

https://nature.ly/4w42b7R

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Seychelles: Wil Meinderts / Buiten-beeld / Minden Pictures
Santa Cruz Island fox: Ian Shive
Kitasoo/Xai’xais dance performance: Jason Houston
Trafalgar Falls, Dominica: Michele Roux/TNC Photo Contest 2019
Santa Cruz Island scrubjay: Morgan Heim
Great Sand Dunes National Park: Nina Ritchie/TNC Photo Contest 2022
Mianus River Gorge: Michael George

Every spring, an extraordinary wildlife spectacle takes place in Nebraska.Up to one million sandhill cranes gather along...
08/19/2026

Every spring, an extraordinary wildlife spectacle takes place in Nebraska.

Up to one million sandhill cranes gather along the Central Platte River during their migration north, creating the largest crane stopover on Earth. Standing nearly 4 feet tall and crowned with a distinctive patch of crimson feathers, these birds rely on a chain of wetlands, marshes and grasslands across North America to complete their more than 2,000-mile journey.

For more than five decades, The Nature Conservancy has helped protect and restore habitat along the Platte River, working with landowners and partners to ensure cranes continue to find the food, shelter and resting places they need.

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đŸš« Myth: We should transfer national public lands to state control.✅ Fact: This could lead to the permanent loss of natio...
08/18/2026

đŸš« Myth: We should transfer national public lands to state control.

✅ Fact: This could lead to the permanent loss of national forests and other public lands.

Your favorite national forest could one day have the "national" stripped from its name. That's if some lawmakers get their way.

Transferring national public lands to state control might sound like a good idea, but it would be a bad deal for people and nature. Taxes could skyrocket, precious wild places could be mined or drilled, and some public lands might be lost forever.

Join TNC in telling lawmakers to oppose transferring our public lands to state management: https://nature.ly/4zjHmYH

08/17/2026

Share a nature fact that made you see the world differently. 🌎

The frog days of summer. 🐾
08/14/2026

The frog days of summer. 🐾

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