The Nature Conservancy

Big news for our oceans! 🌊🐟

Five African nations—Kenya, Seychelles, Gabon, Tanzania and South Africa—have announced major new commitments to improve transparency in their fisheries at the Our Ocean Conference.

They're working to expand electronic monitoring systems—technology that helps track fishing activity and improve transparency at sea. Together, these countries are driving a powerful shift toward more transparent, responsible fisheries management.

"This is the kind of decisive leadership the global community has been calling for," said The Nature Conservancy’s Ben Gilmer.

🔗 Learn more: https://nature.ly/4fQbtjn

The Appalachians provide clean water for millions, support some of the most biodiverse ecosystems in North America and serve as a living connection across generations. When we protect this important region, we’re also protecting livelihoods, culture, and the future of entire communities.

Across ridgelines and along winding rivers, The Nature Conservancy and our partners are working with communities to care for this landscape—one stream, one forest, one place at a time.

🌳 Restoring forests and watersheds impacted by Hurricane Helene.
💧 Reconnecting rivers so water and freshwater species can move freely again.
🐻 Conserving and connecting thousands of acres so wildlife can safely migrate.

This progress reflects the shared commitment of so many people who care deeply about the Appalachians. Read more in our 2025 Impact Report here: https://nature.ly/49PodTr

Tiffany & Co.’s “Love For Our Oceans” initiative has contributed more than USD $2 million to support The Nature Conservancy in protecting and restoring the ocean habitats where extraordinary creatures thrive. From vibrant coral gardens to gently swaying seagrass meadows, this work helps safeguard the beauty and life found beneath the surface.

This World Ocean Month, we’re celebrating our continued collaboration with Tiffany & Co. and the wonder, connection, and inspiration found beneath the waves.

Along the coast of Belize, Tiffany & Co.’s support is helping advance efforts to protect thriving seagrass meadows—safe havens where seahorses live, dance, and form lasting bonds. In Raja Ampat, Indonesia, we’re working together to safeguard some of the most biodiverse coral reefs on Earth, where reef squid flash brilliant colors through clear blue water and countless species depend on healthy reefs to survive.

Across these places, The Nature Conservancy works alongside local communities, collaborators, and governments to strengthen marine protections, care for fragile ecosystems, and support coastal livelihoods that depend on a healthy ocean.

Together, we are celebrating not just the ocean’s beauty—but the collective action helping sure it can endure for generations to come.

Learn more about the collaboration: https://nature.ly/4mMM5Mc

This may look like just a tortoise—but it's actually one of the Southeast's most important architects.

A gopher tortoise's burrow can stretch nearly 50 feet underground and provide shelter to hundreds of other animals, from Florida mice to burrowing owls to indigo snakes and more. When tortoises decline, whole ecosystems feel it.

That's why conservationists in Georgia are restoring longleaf pine habitat and bringing back prescribed fire, in an effort to protect more than 137,000 acres so far—giving gopher tortoises, and the many species that depend on them, room to thrive again.

Sometimes protecting nature starts underground.

🤝 The Nature Conservancy in Georgia

This is what we protect. 🌎

Everything that keeps our planet—and all of us—going.

This and every day, thanks for being part of it.

Share a snapshot of something blooming, buzzing or growing near you. 🌱🐞

The Southern High Plains still looks much like the legendary Old West. But beneath those open skies, change is afoot.

Conservation leaders here are working with ranchers, tribes and communities to protect grasslands at a scale rarely possible anymore—thousands of acres at a time.

https://nature.ly/4d01rJl

Learn how TNC is making protecting this key landscape in the latest issue of Nature Conservancy magazine.

📸 Morgan Heim