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Land Conservation
In many ways, the loss of natural spaces and species defines this century. Today, only a small fraction of the Earth’s terrain remains as wilderness or old-growth forests. 

Pew’s land conservation work spans the United States, Canada, Chile, and Australia and seeks to safeguard public land for future generations. Our work relies on the sciences of conservation, biology, and ecology to advocate for sound solutions to the loss of biodiversity.

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Land Conservation Ocean Conservation
Projects
International Boreal Conservation Campaign Protecting Australia's Nature Restore America's Parks U.S. Public Lands and Rivers Conservation
Experts
John Gilroy Marcia Argust Francisco Solís Germani Michelle Grady Lauren Swaddell

Latest Research

Scenic overview of The Puelo River Valley, in Chile’s Los Lagos Region

Fact Sheet

January 9, 2023 Why Protecting Chilean Patagonia's Freshwater Is Crucial
Pronghorn migration

Report

October 11, 2022 How to Conserve Wildlife Migrations in the American West
A tour guide crosses a river in Aysén, in the northern part of Chile’s Patagonia region—an area bursting with biodiversity and rich in local traditions.

Fact Sheet

September 16, 2021 'Gateway Communities' in Protecting Chilean Patagonia
Rivers
Rivers
Quiz June 25, 2020

Find Out Which River Species You Are

Take this quiz to match your personality with some of the nation’s most important river-dwelling fish and animals 
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Rivers
Quiz June 25, 2020

Are you most like a beaver, damselfly, salmon, Oregon spotted frog, river otter, hellbender, or Gila trout? These are just some of the thousands of species critical to healthy North American rivers. Let’s see which one you identify with. On to the quiz!

OUR WORK
Related Experts
John Gilroy Principal Officer
Environment, Land, and Freshwater Conservation
Marcia Argust Director
U.S. Public Lands and Rivers Conservation
Francisco Solís Germani Project Director
Chilean Patagonia
Michelle Grady Director
Protecting Australia's Nature
Lauren Swaddell
Lauren Swaddell Senior Associate
Conservation Support

Related Projects

International Boreal Conservation Campaign

Rivaling the Amazon in size and ecological importance, the boreal forest in Canada sustains billions of migratory songbirds, tens of millions of ducks and geese, hundreds of thousands of caribou, and countless other wildlife species. And its soils...

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Protecting Australia's Nature

From the tropical north to the red centre and the surrounding oceans, Australia is one of the wildest and most intact places on Earth. An ancient place of stark extremes and exquisite beauty, Australia for tens of thousands of years has hosted the...

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U.S. Public Lands and Rivers Conservation

The vitality of ecosystems and economies are intertwined in the American West, where healthy lands, rivers, and wildlife provide thriving, livable communities with clean water and air, food, and other essential needs. But habitat loss, landscape...

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