List of nature conservation organizations


This is a list of nature conservation organisations that primarily aim to protect species, their habitats, and ecosystems.

List of international conservation organisations

  • African Wildlife Foundation - ensuring that wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern Africa
  • Bat Conservation International - working to conserve the world's bats and their habitats
  • BirdLife International - a global partnership of organisations that strive to conserve birds
  • Center for Biological Diversity - protecting endangered species through legal action, petitions, media and activism
  • Conservation International - secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity
  • Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust - mission to save species from extinction
  • EcoHealth Alliance - protecting the health of people, animals, and the environment from emerging infectious diseases
  • Fauna and Flora International - safeguard the future of southern Africa's large mammal populations
  • Greenpeace - raising environmental issues to public knowledge
  • International Anti-Poaching Foundation - created a structured military-like approach to conservation in Africa
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature - a partnership of 1400 organisations working in the field of nature conservation
  • MarAlliance - non-profit that supports the effective management and conservation of large marine wildlife and their critical habitats with the support of dependent communities.
  • National Audubon Society - non-profit environmental organisation dedicated to conservation
  • Ocean Conservancy - formulate ocean policy based on saving ocean.
  • Population Balance - uses humane education to advocate for ecocentrism.
  • Rainforest Action Network - preserves forests, protects the climate and upholds human rights
  • Rainforest Alliance - provision of an environmental certification on forestry and agriculture
  • Rainforest Foundation Fund - preserving rainforest by defending the rights of the indigenous peoples
  • Rainforest Foundation UK - preserving rainforest by defending the rights of the indigenous peoples
  • Rainforest Partnership - links communities in Latin American rainforests to partner communities in the United States
  • Rainforest Trust - focused on the purchase of tropical lands
  • Rare - helps communities adopt sustainable behaviors toward their environment
  • The Nature Conservancy - largest environmental nonprofit by assets and revenue in the world.
  • Wildlife Conservation Network - protecting endangered species and preserving their natural habitats.
  • Wildlife Conservation Society - saves wildlife and wild places worldwide with programs in 60 countries; also manages five New York City wildlife parks including the Bronx Zoo
  • World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund - international conservation
  • Zoological Society of London - devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats

    List of national or local conservation organisations

Africa (and offshore islands)

  • Tanzania Environmental Conservation Society - advancing environmental preservation, social and economic development sustainability in Tanzania

    Americas

  • Ancient Forest Alliance - conserving old growth forests in British Columbia, Canada
  • American Prairie Foundation - building large wildlife reserve in Montana, United States
  • Appalachian Trail Conservancy - Appalachian National Scenic Trail from Maine to Georgia
  • California Coastal Conservancy - government agency that manages coastline resources
  • Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team - nonprofit devoted to vernal pond conservation and education in Massachusetts
  • Central Park Conservancy - manages 843 acre Central Park under a contract with City of New York
  • Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi - Bolivian non-governmental organisation
  • Conservancy of Southwest Florida
  • Conserving Carolina
  • Defenders of Wildlife - works to protect all native animals and plants throughout North America
  • Ducks Unlimited
  • Golden State Salmon Association - works to restore California's salmon
  • Great Swamp Watershed Association
  • Izaak Walton League of America - devoted to conservation in the United States
  • The Land Conservancy of British Columbia - land trust modeled after the National Trust of Britain
  • Miami Conservancy District - Ohio agency that manages flood control of the Great Miami River
  • National Wildlife Federation - conservation education and advocacy for Northern American Wildlife
  • Nature Conservancy of Canada - help protect Canada's most important lands, waters and wildlife
  • Open Space Institute - conservation organisation and think tank in the Eastern United States
  • Pheasants Forever - conserving wildlife habitat suitable for pheasants.
  • Point Blue Conservation Science - advancing conservation through bird and ecosystem research
  • Rails-to-Trails Conservancy - converted 13,150 miles of former rail lines to trails
  • Santa Lucia Conservancy - land trust and conservation community protecting 18,000 acres in California
  • Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy - dedicated to the acquisition of land for conservation in California
  • Sierra Nevada Conservancy - state conservancy in California
  • Sierra Club
  • The Conservation Fund - to pursue environmental preservation and economic development in the United States
  • Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
  • Urban Bird Foundation - to protect, defend, rescue and conserve bird life
  • Western Pennsylvania Conservancy - 200,000 acres
  • Whaleman Foundation - protection of cetaceans
  • Wild Salmon Center - identifies and protects the best salmon ecosystems of the Pacific Rim
  • Wolf River Conservancy - protects the Wolf River in Tennessee

    Asia

  • Conservancy Association - Hong Kong's oldest non-governmental environmental organisation
  • Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
  • North China Institute of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power - Chinese public university
  • Wildlife Research and Conservation Trust - undertakes field research to promote the conservation of wildlife in India

    Australia/Oceania

  • Blue Mountains Conservation Society - NGO, conservation of Greater Blue Mountains area in Australia
  • BirdLife Australia - Australian ornithological conservation organisation
  • Department of Conservation
  • Live Ocean - New Zealand Marine conservation charity

    Europe

  • European Wildlife - conserve biological diversity with non-state reserves
  • Federal Agency for Nature Conservation - Germany
  • National Trust of Britain
  • Pro Natura - 650 nature reserves in Switzerland
  • Ukraine Nature Conservation Society

    Cave conservancies

To see organisations that are specialized land trusts managing caves and karst features in the United States, refer to Cave conservancies.