The Future of Conservation is Local.
For too long, conservation has often been designed far from the places it seeks to protect. Lasting success comes from a different approach—one that recognizes local communities as leaders, partners, and innovators.
Community Conservation has spent more than three decades helping local communities protect biodiversity. We’ve learned what works.
Local people don’t need to be persuaded to value a healthy environment—they already do. Instead, we directly support what communities are already doing, or want to do, to protect their lands and waters. We work with them to secure the legal rights, capacity, and resources they need to succeed on their own terms.
Support community conservation
Do you want to champion local ways of conserving biodiversity? Put your dollars behind community-led initiatives where local values drive the outcomes.
Practice community conservation
Do you want to work with a community to conserve biodiversity? Are you a community member interested in creating a project? Take a look at our resources page to see how you can support communities to conserve biodiversity.
“When communities are treated as part of the solution rather than part of the problem, they are willing to take responsibility for conservation.”
Dr. Rob Horwich, founder