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The Nature Conservancy
Mission: "To preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive"
In China since: 1998
Annual China budget: $4,800,000
Number of staff: 70
Mainland China contact:
Zhu Li
Communications Manager
TNC China Program Head Office
8th Floor, Qixinag Building
77 Xichang Road, Kunming 650034
Tel: 86 (0) 871 418 2966 ext.611
Fax: 86(0) 871 4189 546
International Contact:
Kate Krauss
Asia-Pacific Region
201 Mission Street
4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
USA
Tel: (415) 281-0404
Activities in Other Countries:
29 countries throughout the Americas and Asia Pacific
This organisation was created in 1950 by members of the Ecological Society of America (itself established in 1915) who wanted to take practical steps to preserve nature in the Americas. For four years a woman called Barbara Fell used her wages as a medical technician to finance the organisation while her husband, George, worked full time without pay to build up a membership base. Today, TNC has more than a million members and an annual income of around USD 800 million.
From the mid 1950s TNC began to buy land in the United States in order to protect it from development. This programme grew steadily over the following decades, assisted by large grants from the Ford Foundation (USD 6 million in 1968) and the Richard King Mellon Foundation (USD 25 million in 1983). TNC now manages 1,400 nature reserves in the United States. From 1990, it began a ‘Parks in Peril’ programme to support the stewardship of protected areas in Latin America. Overseas programmes have since begun in the Asia Pacific Region, with projects in Japan, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and several Pacific islands.
In 1998, TNC and the Yunnan Provincial Government initiated the Yunnan Great Rivers Project云南大河流域项目. This aims to preserve the biological and cultural diversity of northwest Yunnan and promote the long-term welfare of its citizens by integrating conservation and economic goals through compatible development strategies. The project covers a total area of 66,000 km2 in 15 counties and townships of 4 prefectures in northwest Yunnan. Activities include training of nature reserve staff, income generation and social development projects for local communities, biogas and eco-tourism projects.
In the future, TNC plans to focus on and further strengthen conservation projects in five ‘hot-spot areas’ (Laojunshan, Lashihai, Meilixueshan Shangrila Gorge and Gongshan老君山，拉市海, 德钦梅里雪山, 中甸香格里拉峡谷, 贡山). The organisations is also working with the State Environment Protection Agency, State Forestry Administration, Ministry of Construction and State Oceanic Administration (国家环保局，国家林业局，建设部，国家海洋局) to develop a National Blueprint for Biodiversity Conservation (中国国家生物多样性保护蓝图).
In the financial year ending July 2005 The Nature Conservancy had a total worldwide income of USD 943 million. Fifty nine per cent of this came from membership fees and donations from private individual; 30% was in the form of grants from foundations, and 5% was donated by corporations.
CKC 3/07
Links
http://www.nature.org
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