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Preserving Land and Nature (Guarantee) Limited, or PLANT, is a not-for-profit organization established by the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka (WNPS), the third oldest conservation entity in the world and the most active conservation body in Sri...

Guinean Parks is a Guinea‑resident non‑government organization established in 2012. Its mission is to conserve the top‑priority protected areas of Guinea and, when necessary, to create new ones. The goal of our project was to re‑establish a connection between the...

Asociacion Adopta Bosque Panama-ADOPTA (Adopt a Panama Rainforest) is a non-profit, public charity NGO whose mission is to promote conservation and sustainable development of the unique natural ecosystems of the Republic of Panama for the benefit of both people and...

For a number of years, Southern Tanzania Elephant Program (STEP) has led a multi-stakeholder project involving communities, civil society, Government, and the private sector to protect and restore the Kilombero Elephant Corridor in the Kilombero Valley of...

In 2020, against a backdrop of massive forest destruction, Sri Lanka’s most active conservation entity, the WNPS, which is the third oldest conservation entity in the world, took a bold visionary step. WNPS set up a not-for-profit, referred to under the acronym of...

Fundacion EcoMinga is an Ecuadorian non-profit NGO dedicated to the protection of areas of high endemism and biodiversity, through the creation of a private protected reserve system, dedicated to conservation of species globally threatened with extinction. Based on...

Fundación Jocotoco was established in 1998. We are an Ecuadorian NGO whose mission is to protect threatened species and habitats in the country. Jocotoco was born out of the realization of how scarce, localized, and consequently threatened many bird species in Ecuador...

The loss of wildlife in Grand Cayman is scarcely imaginable. When Christopher Columbus arrived on the islands in 1503, the seas were said to ripple with turtles, hence the initial naming of the islands as Las Tortugas. The islands later became known as Caymanes, after...

The Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Development (FCDS) is committed to promoting peacebuilding through environmental zoning of the territory, promoting environmental protection and sustainable development, especially in the Colombian Amazon, with an...

In 2020, against a backdrop of massive land grabs and forest destruction, Sri Lanka’s largest and most active conservation entity, the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS), which is the third oldest conservation entity in the world, took a bold visionary...