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Conservation International
Mission: "To conserve the Earth’s living natural heritage, our global biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature."
In China since: 2000
Annual China budget: $1,000,000
Number of staff: 10 national and 0 expatriate
Mainland China contact:
Dr. Lu Zhi, Country Director
Sun Shan, Director of Conservation project
Conservation Biology Building,College of Life Sciences, Peking University
Beijing 100871
Tel: +86 (10) 62761034
Fax: + 86 (10) 62761035
Activities in Other Countries:
30 countries on four continents
Conservation International was founded in the United States in 1987. That year, it pioneered ‘Debt for Nature’ financing by repaying a part of Bolivia’s national debt in return for a pledge from the Bolivian government to spend an equivalent sum on conservation efforts in its Beni Biosphere Reserve. Debt for Nature swaps have since become a common tool in global conservation efforts.
Conservation International now concentrates on strengthening the protection of global biodiversity ‘hotspots’ – important, threatened areas that make up only 1.4 percent of the Earth’s land area yet account for 60 percent of biodiversity.
One such hotspot is southwest China’s Hengduan Mountain range, believed to be the world’s most biodiverse temperate zone. Conservation International has worked in this area since the beginning of its China programme in 2000, aiming to protect the area’s rich ecosystems and indigenous communities from threats arising from fast-paced development and tourism. Major activities include scientific monitoring of flora and fauna populations, support for conservation projects in specific sites, capacity-building for conservation NGOs and nature reserves, promotion of Tibetan Sacred Land management and other socio-environmental approaches to sustainable conservation, and advocacy for ecologically responsible natural regeneration programs in China.
In 2003, Conservation International’s worldwide income was USD 85 million. Of this ,19% was donated by private individuals, 11% by corporations, 46% by international foundations, and a further 23% came in grants from government agencies, multilateral agencies and other international NGOs.
Links
http://www.conservation.org.cn
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