News Releases

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  • Award Recipients Announced for Rare U.S. Trees Conservation

    Ten gardens and arboreta from eight states were selected to receive funding from the first two rounds of awards ranging from US$3,000 to US$5,000 to support the collection, propagation, and safeguarding of 18 priority tree species in botanical collections. Applications for a third round of Priority U.S. Trees Conservation Awards will open in early March, with proposals due April 15, 2026.
  • NatureServe launches new podcast series: Conservation Conversations with Sean O’Brien
    NatureServe is excited to announce the launch of its first podcast series, Conservation Conversations with Sean O’Brien. Hosted by NatureServe’s President & CEO, Dr. Sean T. O’Brien, each episode will feature an exclusive interview with a leading expert in the conservation field.
  • More than half of ecosystem types in North & South America fall short of global conservation goals
    A study conducted by NatureServe and published in PLOS ONE yesterday documents the loss of ecosystem diversity across the Americas and that terrestrial ecosystems are widely underrepresented in protected areas.
  • NatureServe Canada Annual Report 2019–2020
    NatureServe Canada's Annual Report provides a summary of activities, accomplishments and financial information for fiscal 2019-2020.
  • Message of Solidarity from NatureServe
    NatureServe stands in support with the global community working to fight against systemic racism and human injustice.
  • NatureServe Around the Globe
    In honor of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2020, we're highlighting NatureServe and the NatureServe Network's international work promoting the health of ecosystems worldwide.
  • Fighting Fire with Science
    In 2019, unusually severe forest fires raged around the world, destroying natural landscapes and nearby human and wildlife communities in catastrophic blazes. in Bolivia, a megadiverse country with some of the most extensive tropical forests in the world, devastating fires consumed millions of acres of vegetation. NatureServe Network program Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN) works in Bolivia to monitor and prevent forest fires and deforestation in some of the world's most overlooked biodiversity-rich ecosystems.
  • Measuring Conservation Progress
    Last year, in collaboration with the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre and the global Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP), NatureServe launched the BIP Dashboard, a game-changing, interactive online tool that visualizes trends over time in critical indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem health.
  • 50 Years of Conservation
    On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a look back on five decades of conservation and the evolution of NatureServe.
  • NatureServe Releases Map of Biodiversity Importance on Esri’s Living Atlas of the World
    NatureServe’s newly released Map of Biodiversity Importance is now available on Esri’s Living Atlas of the World, providing an unprecedented, high-resolution view of the places that matter most for sustaining our nation’s biodiversity.
  • A Message from Our President and CEO
    During these unprecedented times, NatureServe wants you to know we’re actively taking steps in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to taking steps to protect the well-being of our Network and staff, we continue to work every day to protect the natural world.