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Conservation International
Mission: To protect nature as a source of food, fresh water, livelihoods, and a stable climate. Notable projects: Sustainable Coffee Challenge, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. Successes: Helped protect more than 6 million square kilometers of land and sea across more than 70 countries.
National Audubon Society
Mission: To protect birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. Notable projects: Audubon’s Climate Initiative, Plants for Birds program. Successes: Played key role in the establishment of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Important Bird Area program.
Defenders of Wildlife
Mission: To protect all native animals and plants in their natural communities. Notable projects: Wolf Conservation, Habitat Conservation Planning Assistance. Successes: Instrumental in the recovery of several species under the Endangered Species Act, including the gray wolf.
Bat Conservation International
Mission: To conserve the world’s bats and their ecosystems to ensure a healthy planet. Notable projects: Bats and Wind Energy, Bat Conservation and Management Workshops. Successes: Leader in bat conservation worldwide, successful in reducing bat mortality at wind facilities.
Sierra Club
Mission: To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources. Notable projects: Beyond Coal campaign, John Muir Exhibit. Successes: Instrumental in the creation of new national parks and monuments, promoting clean energy solutions.
The Wildlife Trusts
Mission: To restore, recreate and reconnect natural habitats across the United Kingdom. Notable projects: Living Landscapes, Nature Reserves. Successes: Manages over 2,300 nature reserves, contributed to the formation of Marine Conservation Zones.
Jane Goodall Institute
Mission: To advance the power of individuals to take informed and compassionate action to improve the environment for all living things. Notable projects: Roots & Shoots program, Chimpanzee Eden sanctuary. Successes: Significant contributions to primate conservation, particularly chimpanzees, and empowering young people with the Roots & Shoots program.
Polar Bears International
Mission: To ensure the long-term survival of polar bears and the sea ice they depend on. Notable projects: Save Our Sea Ice Campaign, Bear Tracker. Successes: Leading polar bear conservation group, contributing to scientific research and climate change policy influence.
Friends of the Earth
Mission: To champion a healthy and just world. To stand up against injustice and live within our planetary means. Notable projects: Climate Justice Campaign, Anti-fracking campaigns. Successes: Influential in the ban on leaded gasoline, campaigns for renewable energy solutions.
Oceana
Mission: To make our oceans more biodiverse and abundant by winning policy victories in the countries that govern much of the world's marine life. Notable projects: Stop Seismic Airgun Blasting campaign, Save the Oceans Feed the World. Successes: Contributed to the protection of over 4.5 million square miles of ocean, bans on destructive fishing practices.
International Crane Foundation
Mission: To work worldwide to conserve cranes and the ecosystems, watersheds, and flyways on which they depend. Notable projects: Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership, African Crane Conservation Programme. Successes: Key initiatives for safeguarding all 15 species of cranes, habitat restoration efforts.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Mission: To save wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. Notable projects: 96 Elephants campaign, New York Seascape program. Successes: Helped establish protected areas around the world, saving countless wildlife species.
BirdLife International
Mission: To conserve birds, their habitats, and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. Notable projects: Preventing Extinctions Programme, Flyways Programme. Successes: Key player in conservation and designation of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs).
African Wildlife Foundation
Mission: To ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa will endure forever. Notable projects: Classroom Africa, Species Protection Program. Successes: Works to reduce the impact of agriculture and infrastructure on wildlife, conserves endemic species through protection programs.
International Rhino Foundation
Mission: To ensure the survival of rhinos through strategic partnerships, targeted protection, and scientifically sound interventions. Notable projects: Rhino Protection Units, Operation: Stop Poaching Now. Successes: Played a role in the recovery of several rhino populations, including the black rhino in Zimbabwe.
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Mission: To conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth. Notable projects: Earth Hour, 'Save the Tiger' campaign. Successes: Establishment of over 13,000 protected areas globally.
Ocean Conservancy
Mission: To work with you to protect the ocean from today’s greatest global challenges. Notable projects: International Coastal Cleanup, Trash Free Seas Alliance®. Successes: Removal of millions of pounds of trash from oceans and waterways, advancing sustainable fisheries management.
Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN)
Mission: To protect endangered species and preserve their natural habitats by supporting entrepreneurial conservationists who pursue strategies for people and wildlife to co-exist and thrive. Notable projects: Elephant Crisis Fund, Lion Recovery Fund. Successes: Supported over 100 different species in over 40 countries, leveraging a network of conservation partners.
Xerces Society
Mission: To protect wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats. Notable projects: Pollinator Conservation Program, Endangered Species conservation. Successes: Considered the foremost authority on native pollinators, developed guidelines for protecting native bee species.
Oceanic Society
Mission: To inspire and empower people worldwide to take part in building a healthy ocean. Notable projects: Blue Habits, State of the World's Sea Turtles (SWOT) program. Successes: Pioneer of conservation travel programs, contributes to sea turtle conservation through research and awareness.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
Mission: To promote the conservation and protection of birds and the wider environment. Notable projects: Big Garden Birdwatch, Giving Nature a Home. Successes: Manages over 200 nature reserves in the UK, instrumental in several bird species recovery efforts.
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Mission: To influence, encourage, and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature. Notable projects: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas. Successes: The Red List has become the world's most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi, and plant species.
Traffic
Mission: To ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature. Notable projects: Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network, Engagement with CITES. Successes: Significant impact on international policies against illegal wildlife trade, works closely with governments and law enforcement.
The Coral Reef Alliance
Mission: To unite communities to save coral reefs. Notable projects: Clean Water for Reefs Initiative, Adaptive Reefscapes. Successes: Implements community-driven projects to reduce pollution, promotes healthy fisheries and resilient coral reefs.
Rainforest Alliance
Mission: To create a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities. Notable projects: Sustainable Agriculture Certification, Forest Conservation Program. Successes: Influenced land management on over 180 million acres of land, certification programs for sustainable agriculture.
David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Mission: To protect and conserve wildlife and habitats in Kenya. Notable projects: Orphans’ Project, Anti-Poaching teams. Successes: World's most successful orphan elephant rescue and rehabilitation program, significant anti-poaching achievements.
Greenpeace
Mission: To ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity. Notable projects: Anti-nuclear campaigns, Save the Arctic initiative. Successes: Influencing the Antarctic Treaty, which protects the Antarctic environment, and campaigning successfully for a ban on toxic wastes exports to less developed countries.
Fauna & Flora International
Mission: To conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide. Notable projects: The Flagship Species Fund, The Mountain Gorilla Project. Successes: Groundbreaking work on gorilla conservation, over 140 conservation projects in over 40 countries.
The Nature Conservancy
Mission: To conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Notable projects: Plant a Billion Trees, Debt for Nature Swaps. Successes: Protected more than 119 million acres of land, thousands of miles of rivers worldwide, and operates more than 100 marine conservation projects annually.
Island Conservation
Mission: To prevent extinctions by removing invasive species from islands. Notable projects: Removing rats from South Georgia Island, Protecting seabirds in Mexico and the Caribbean. Successes: Helped protect 1099 populations of 399 species and subspecies on 59 islands.
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