News Releases

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  • NatureServe Expands Access to Critical Biodiversity Data with the Launch of NatureServe Explorer Pro

    NatureServe is proud to announce NatureServe Explorer Pro, an innovative tool that elevates the capabilities of the open-access database NatureServe Explorer. advanced platform provides users with unparalleled access to detailed information on at-risk species, reinforcing NatureServe's commitment to conserving biodiversity as the go-to source for decision-quality biodiversity data.
  • NatureServe and America the Beautiful
    America the Beautiful is a locally-led and voluntary nationwide conservation goal to conserve 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. NatureServe data are fundamental to any science-based effort to expand effective conservation in our country.
  • NatureServe Named Winner of 2020 Amazon Web Services Imagine Grant for Nonprofits
    NatureServe will work with Amazon’s cloud computing arm to help prevent extinction by transitioning the planet’s first biodiversity observation network into the cloud.
  • 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.