Conservation International Foundation

Conservation International foundation (ci) works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity. Our work is guided by four key priorities for maximizing our impact and meeting the challenges of this decade. They are: - protecting nature: we protect and restore ecosystems that sustain the balance of our planet's systems, working with businesses and governments to better account for their relationship with nature. Enabling private investment in forest protection and restoration initiatives; and partnering with local communities to protect forests on their lands. - conserving our oceans: we seek to double the world's ocean area under protection while innovating and implementing new ways to sustain marine fisheries. We do this by helping countries secure and monitor their waters; enabling the encompassing of coastal habitats in policies; and working to disincentivize damaging practices in the seafood sector. - regenerative economies: we support economies rooted in Conservation to benefit people and nature. We do this by creating new Conservation funding models and production models for commodities, balancing demand with protection of essential natural resources. - innovation in science and finance: we produce and apply scientific evidence to drive nature-centered development solutions while working to make nature a viable and attractive investment. We do this by creating Conservation tools that decision-makers need; publishing policy-relevant research; and attracting private capital for the protection of nature. Ci's institutional indicators include hectares conserved, carbon secured, people reached and species supported. They are standardized, science-based metrics that quantify the impact of ci's 3,400+ on-the-ground implementation sites across the globe. Since our inception, cl has worked with partners to support the protection of more than 13 Million square kilometers (5 Million square miles) of land and sea across more than 70 countries. The blue nature alliance of which ci is a core partner - invested in partners directly working to establish new protections and/or to improve the management of 28.5 Million km2 of ocean Conservation areas. Ci's implementation sites conserve habitat that is home to more than 2,000 threatened species, and our Conservation actions reached an estimated 5.5 Million people. In addition to our on-the-ground work with partners, ci also tracks progress through contributions towards nature finance, policy, and corporate partnerships.