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Elephants. © Jami Tarris / Getty Images

Elephants. © Jami Tarris / Getty Images

What we do

Nature is essential for the survival of all life on Earth. But it’s diminishing, fast.

Climate change, habitat degradation, unsustainable resource use, poaching. It’s all having a devastating impact on our planet.

Protecting and restoring our natural world is an urgent and enormous task. But it’s not impossible.

Saving nature, together

Fauna & Flora has been using the collective knowledge and experience of our people and our partners to protect nature across the globe for more than 120 years.

Our work spans a range of areas affecting nature and influencing our planet’s future. These issues range from habitat destruction to illegal wildlife trade. Climate change to plastic pollution. Corporate sustainability to global policy.

Worldwide, we are helping to protect and restore over 55 million hectares of crucial habitat, including forests, peatlands, grasslands, seagrass meadows and the ocean. Living in – and relying on – these habitats are millions of plant and animal species. Many are confined to a particular landscape and exist nowhere else in the world.

Our latest conservation impact.

135 million

The number of acres of land protected in 2022.

109

The number of critically endangered species for which conservation measures have been launched or supported in 2022.

5,900

The number of individuals in partner organisations applying skills learned through Fauna & Flora training in 2022.

    135 million

    The number of acres of land protected in 2022.

    109

    The number of critically endangered species for which conservation measures have been launched or supported in 2022.

    5,900

    The number of individuals in partner organisations applying skills learned through Fauna & Flora training in 2022.

Featured species

Pygmy hippo
Pygmy hippo. © Edwin Giesbers / Nature Picture Library
Species

Pygmy hippo

Learn about the habits and habitat of West Africa's very own miniature hippo and Fauna & Flora's efforts to protect its ...

Featured projects

Conserving Siamese crocodiles in Cambodia
One of our captive-bred Siamese crocodiles receives a blessing. © Jeremy Holden / Fauna & Flora
Project

Conserving Siamese crocodiles in Cambodia

Fauna & Flora is working with the Cambodian government and local communities to safeguard the remaining wild populations...
Forest protection in Sapo National Park, Liberia
Chimpanzee with young © Fauna & Flora
Project

Forest protection in Sapo National Park, Liberia

To ensure Sapo National Park and its wildlife are protected, we are working with communities and the Forestry Developmen...

For people & the planet

But these areas don’t just support biodiversity. They are essential for people and the climate too.

By safeguarding healthy habitats, Fauna & Flora projects are preventing the release of the carbon equivalent of nearly 3.6 gigatonnes of CO₂ into the atmosphere. That’s more than half the annual emissions of the United States.

At the heart of many of our conservation projects are the people who rely most heavily on nature for their livelihoods. Food, water, shelter, income are all daily essentials provided by nature.

We strongly believe – and our experience shows us – that those living closest to our projects have the best knowledge and experience of their local environment. Therefore, essential to our work is collaboration with on-the-ground partners and local communities to find sustainable solutions to conservation issues.

Every year, we work with hundreds of organisations – including NGOs, government and universities – across hundreds of project sites in almost 50 countries, to protect over 100 priority species. Saving nature, supporting people.

Walnut harvest in Kyrgyzstan. © Chris Loades / Fauna & Flora

Walnut harvest in Kyrgyzstan. © Chris Loades / Fauna & Flora

Fauna & Flora is helping communities in Kyrgyzstan to protect their forests.

Coral reef. © Michelangelo Pignani / Fauna & Flora

Support our vital work worldwide

Fauna & Flora has over 150 projects in more than 40 countries around the world and a legacy of success. But your support is crucial to help us meet the growing conservation challenges we face.

Please join as a member or donate to us today to support our vital work.

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Coral reef. © Michelangelo Pignani / Fauna & Flora