The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy — the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.

We're proud of what we've accomplished since our founding in 1951:

• We've protected more than 119 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide — and we operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally.
• We have more than 1 million members.
• We work in all 50 states and more than 30 countries — protecting habitats from grasslands to coral reefs, from Australia to Alaska to Zambia.
• We address threats to conservation involving climate change, fire, fresh water, forests, invasive species, and marine ecosystems.

Why We're Successful

It's how we work that has made the Conservancy so successful — and makes us optimistic that we can expand that great conservation work to meet the challenges ahead:

• We use a science-based approach — aided by our more than 700 staff scientists.
• We pursue non-confrontational, pragmatic solutions to conservation challenges.
• We partner — with indigenous communities, businesses, governments, multilateral institutions, other non-profits…and people such as yourself.