About #NatureForAll
An ecological pathway to change
#NatureForAll is a global movement to inspire, celebrate and restore love of nature. It is not an entity in itself but rather is a community of interested organizations and individuals who are inspired to work together to effect positive change. At its core is a very simple idea: the more people experience and share their love of nature, the more support and action there will be for its conservation.
Spearheaded by two Commissions of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, #NatureForAll is made up of almost 600 partners from around the world.
#NatureForAll is led by a group of committed core partners, who provide financial and strategic support : Parks Canada, Children & Nature Network, the Alana Institute, Sustainable Forestry Initiative-Project Learning Tree, and IUCN’S World Commission on Protected Areas and the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication.
Ecological Pathways to Change
In 2021, a task force made up of #NatureForAll partners and members from the IUCN Commission on Education and Communications and the World Commission on Protected Areas developed the Ecological Pathways to Change: 2021 and Beyond and identified three priority areas, outlining the path forward for #NatureForAll.
#NatureForAll was created to help grow the important work each of its partners undertakes to connect people and nature exponentially. Rather than providing a “one size fits all” solution, #NatureForAll draws from how natural systems work to outline the organising principles moving forward. The following five pathways all come together to create a global ecology, with #NatureForAll acting as the facilitator that brings them all together.
- Diversity
- Niche
- Cooperation
- Connectedness
- Community
How #NatureForAll works
#NatureForAll aims to foster enabling environments to reduce barriers and connect people with nature in different regions, contexts and realities. Through partnership, we share knowledge, strategies, and actions – amplifying our collective reach and impact to engage new audiences to connect with and fall in love with nature.
#NatureForAll helps connect people with nature so that the future is one in which everyone, everywhere, loves and cares for nature in the following ways, which are derived from the #NatureForAll publication Home to Us All: How Connecting with Nature Helps Us Care for Ourselves and the Earth.
- Bring children and youth of all ages into nature at an early age.
- Find and share the fun in nature.
- Use urban gateways to nature.
- Embrace technology.
- Share cultural roots, heritage and ancestry in nature.
- Seek out diverse partnerships.
- Empower a new generation of leaders.
- Support parks and protected areas.
- Provide equality and equity in access to nature.
- Incorporate and integrate nature within school curricula.
Founding Partners
The seeds of #NatureForAll were sown in 2009 at the World Protected Areas Leadership Forum meeting; germinated in 2012 at the Jeju World Conservation Congress; grew to seedling stage at the 2014 World Parks Congress; and blossomed at the 2016 World Conservation Congress in Hawaii. That’s where, led by Parks Canada, the Brandwein Institute, the Canadian Museum of History, the Canadian Parks Council, the Canadian Wildlife Federation and the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage launched #NatureForAll movement with around 100 partners from around the world launched the #NatureForAll movement.
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