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The Amazon is the ecological jewel of the world — and it’s hurtling toward disaster.
its work in Amazonia alongside Indigenous peoples, local communities and partner organizations.
The gift to Conservation International is part of a $conservation in the tropical Andes.
By creation of more than 10,000 square kilometers (3,800 square miles) of newly conserved areas, improve management of more than 81,000 square kilometers (31,000 square miles) and bolster the livelihoods of more than 60,000 people.
We will work in direct partnership with Indigenous peoples and local communities, supporting their leadership and strengthening their land rights, while designing sustainable financing mechanisms that deliver long-lasting impacts for the region.
is helping farmers within Peru’s Alto Mayo Protected Forest sustainably and responsibly plant lucrative crops, including cacao.
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL The vast, dry rangelands of southern Africa are rich in biodiversity, critical for livelihoods and food security and vulnerable to the effects of overgrazing and climate change.
to improve the livelihoods of rural communities living in or around protected areas.
At the core of the model is Conservation International’s “conservation agreements” mechanism, which provides economic and other incentives or ben efits to communities to improve management of their natural resources.
conflict mitigation practices and adopt sustainable fisheries practices among other measures identified in consultations with local actors.
communities to initiate investable community- based, “nature-friendly” rural enterprises that can deliver environmental and social outcomes.
This will include strengthening their partnerships with private sector and impact investors.
restore degraded landscapes by mimicking the mass migrations of native wildlife, such as wildebeests.
The Sue Taei Ocean Fellowship for Indigenous Women of the Pacific aims to elevate the role of Indigenous women from across the region in ocean conservation.
The Fellowship — in honor of the late Sue Taei, formerly executive director of Conservation International’s Pacific Islands program — announced its first two fellows in 2021.
Our inaugural fellows, Tepoerau Mai and Te Aomihia Walker, have used their fellowships as launchpads to secure scholarships to further their education and research.
research on the risk of toxic and harmful micro- algae to human health.
in New Caledonia and analyzing the toxins produced by these organisms, and received the Young Talents For Women in Science.
She has returned to New Caledonia and is continuing her research.
She will soon return to New Zealand, where she will work to protect and advance the interests of Māori in the marine environment.
This first cohort promotes resolving challenges related to Indigenous economies, gender balance, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and more, based on their own solutions.
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Conservation International supporters and partners know that we need nature.
Their tremendous generosity is helping Conservation International protect nature for the future of us all.
NET ASSETS Thanks to several large, multi-year contributions, total Net Assets in fiscal year by $58.5 million, from $322.1 million to $380.6 million — with most of this increase derived from sources that support specific programs or purposes.
We are profoundly grateful to our donors for trusting Conservation International to pursue solutions to some of the most critical challenges of our time.
REVENUE Thanks to our donors’ generosity, in fiscal year million — a 34 percent increase over last year’s revenues.
grants to support our most urgent priorities: forest protection and regeneration, engagement with Indigenous groups, the development of innovative financing mechanisms to support sustainable businesses, and more.
the constraints imposed by COVID to deliver quality conservation outcomes while ensuring the health and safety of our staff, partners and beneficiaries.
Our field programs and Center for Oceans represented our largest programmatic investments, accounting for $our total expenses.
Our Grantmaking Divisions accounted for $23 percent of total expenses.
creating enabling conditions, best practices and tools that amplified the impact of other divisions.
As Conversation International grows, we will continue to carefully steward each dollar our donors entrust to us.
We are mindful of the need to invest in systems and people to effectively manage a portfolio that is growing both in size and complexity.
rate fell slightly from 2020 to 14.6 percent in fiscal year 2021.
progress toward our conservation goals in fiscal year strongest on record.
Our audited financial statements reflect revenues of $the highest levels reported in our history, against $159.4 million in expenditures.
Wilson shared his ideas through a deep and engrossing body of written work that helped to popularize biodiversity, untangle the complex web of nature and convey the protection of the natural world as a moral imperative.
His books made him one of the most visible faces in science, inspiring countless future conservationists and earning him two Pulitzer Prizes.
“Every conservationist and ecologist owes their career path in some way to Ed,” reflected Conservation International CEO M. Sanjayan.
“He challenged the organization to focus intensively on protecting the most important biodiversity hotspots,” said Peter Seligmann, founder of Conservation International and Chairman of the Board.
That pioneering approach became the organization’s guiding blueprint for more than investment in nature’s most important, irreplaceable ecosystems.
Until the very end, Wilson was still making major contributions to conservation.
At the age of he famously called for devoting 50 percent of the Earth’s surface to nature to stave off mass extinction.
This led, in part, to “seeks to preserve 30 percent of the planet’s lands and waters by the year 2030.
We honor and remember Wilson for bonding science to action and telling stories that have inspired and connected us to a larger, guiding truth: We must protect nature for the sake of all life on Earth.
, the conservation movement lost one of its giants, Dr. Thomas Lovejoy.
Lovejoy was a world-renowned conservation biologist, who spent more than trying to protect the Amazon rainforest.
Known by many as the “godfather of biodiversity,” he coined the term “biological diversity” and was an early proponent that habitat destruction and global warming are profoundly altering our planet’s ecosystems and their rich abundance of life.
Lovejoy was a member of Conservation International’s Leadership Council and was integral to the organization’s earliest successes.
In which a portion of a developing country’s foreign debt is forgiven in exchange for commitments to environmental protection and policy measures.
Since the first debt-for-nature swap between Conservation International and Bolivia in with billions of dollars in funding being made available for environmental protection.
His prolific writing and genial nature won him countless accolades and inspired generations of passionate conservation advocates.
“He was a giant in conservation, a champion for the Amazon, and above all a kind and generous scientist.
We will miss him greatly,” said Conservation International CEO M. Sanjayan.
CORPORATIONS A+E Networks Japan AbbVie Employee Matching Gifts Program Ably Inc. ADM Adobe Systems Incorporated Matching Gif Agropalma S.A.
Matching Gift Program Baobab Studios Battelle’s Always Giving Benefit Management Group, Inc. (Workplace) Bergner Home BHP Group Limited BlackRock, Inc.
Matching Gifts Program JDE Peet’s Johnson & Johnson Employee Matching Gifts Program Jord International JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Microsoft Microsoft Employee Matching Gifts Program Mitsubishi Corporation Mitsui & Co Moët Hennessy MSIG Asia Pte.
Matching Gift Employee Workplace The Proctor & Gamble Company Produbanco Razer Inc.
Reily Foods Riboli Family Wines Saks, Inc. Sateri SC Johnson Scenic Air Safaris SEFCU The Shanghai Commercial & Savings Shearman & Sterling Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Shinryo Corporation Siqueira Castro Advogados Sony Pictures Entertainment Southampton Row Trust Ltd Southern Ridges Capital Pte.
Carolyn S. Brody Family Foundation Bronfman Hauptman Foundation Builder’s Vision Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies Harold K.L. Castle Foundation Caterpillar Foundation Catto Shaw Foundation The Cedars Foundation, Inc.
Charles Spear Charitable Trust The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust Stearns Charitable Trust Joseph and Diane Steinberg Sunbridge Foundation The Suwinski Family Foundation Swarovski Foundation Swedish Postcode Foundation Swiss Re Foundation The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Flora L. Thornton Foundation Three Graces Foundation, Inc Tides Foundation Tierra Pura Foundation The Tiffany & Co.
and Cooperation Center Kamehameha Schools Ministère de I’Europe et des Affaires étrangères Ministère de la Transition écologique Ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et de la Relance Ministry of Education, Sports & Culture of Samoa MoreTrees Inc.
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 600 Arlington, VA 22202 1.800.429.5660 www.conservation.org www.natureisspeaking.org Conservation International is dedicated to protecting the environment through sustainable paper and printing choices.
The inside pages of this annual report are printed on paper made from made with FSC-certified fibers.
Strengthening the human-animal bond by supporting pets and those who love them.
I D E N T 2020 was a year unlike any other.
While the pandemic increased the need for services that support pet parents in need, it also highlighted the incredible bond people share with pets.
Through our partnerships with over 3,400 organizations across North America, we saw so many heartwarming stories of hope, perseverance, and love.
None of which would have been possible without support from generous donors.
Looking toward 2021 and beyond, our communities will need us more than ever.
and adoption centers in over 1,600 PetSmart stores, we help pets in need find the loving homes they deserve.
Through our investment in four strategic pillars, we’re making positive changes in the lives of pets, families, and communities.
We’re committed to supporting programs that keep pets and people together when they are faced with challenges such as homelessness, domestic abuse, or other life transitions.
We’re investing in opportunities for basic veterinary care for under-resourced pets.
us better people and make our communities stronger, we’re proud to support programs that reinforce the benefits pets bring into our lives.
Cat Adoption Center at their local PetSmart store, they knew he was destined for a second chance at a better life.
One fateful day, adopters Nicole and Daniel spotted little Arlo, who sat quietly at the back of his kennel.
The shy kitten’s demeanor made it clear that love was much needed in his life.
When they approached him, it was an instant connection that gave Arlo the courage to come to the door and greet the eager adopters.
When he clung to them and wouldn’t let go, Nicole and Daniel knew they had found the one.
Despite a challenging year for in-person adoptions, these are the moments that were still made possible thanks to our donors, partnerships with local rescues, and our friends at PetSmart.
As in-person adoptions, shelter closings, and in-store restrictions narrowed opportunities to connect pets with loving homes, shifting to our first-ever virtual National Adoption Days event proved to be a great success with over adoptions in just three weeks.
Adoptable pets were heroes in providing the unconditional love we all needed.
across the United States were facing food insecurity.
Mid-pandemic families across the country found themselves experiencing food insecurity at alarming rates, with little end in sight.
When people struggle to feed themselves, their pets inevitably suffer.
Loving pet owners often choose to relinquish their own nourishment as a means to provide food for their beloved pets.
We believe that no pet parent should have to choose between putting food on their table or in their pet’s bowl.
To help, we joined hands with Feeding America through a $ toward pet food beginning in 2020 to be distributed through 2021.
The partnership provided pet food for families facing economic hardship due to the COVID- to impact those in need post-pandemic.
This scholarship supports students carrying out pathbreaking work in their communities and aims to create access to veterinary care for those who need it most.
those with disabilities, but his work and passion for providing access to veterinary care have only begun.
His unrelenting dedication to service, education and the human animal bond will effect positive changes in making veterinary care accessible for all who need it.
We asked Devon why he felt he was the best candidate for the scholarship.
develop more inclusivity and equity within the animal welfare industry.
According to Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity Inc., (CARE), there is an estimated White Americans and African Americans.
A mere in adoptions among people of color would give 2 million pets loving homes.
CARE believes closing the gap is possible, but it requires reaching-out to people of color and seeking their leadership in the lifesaving work of Animal Welfare – and we’re here to help makes strides in closing the gap.
That’s why in a $250,000 grant to help fund research into biases within the animal welfare industry, the impact of policies on People of Color and to expand on studies examining the under-representation of African American employees in animal welfare organizations.

The Amazon is the ecological jewel of the world — and it’s hurtling toward disaster.

its work in Amazonia alongside Indigenous peoples, local communities and partner organizations.

The gift to Conservation International is part of a $conservation in the tropical Andes.

By creation of more than 10,000 square kilometers (3,800 square miles) of newly conserved areas, improve management of more than 81,000 square kilometers (31,000 square miles) and bolster the livelihoods of more than 60,000 people.

We will work in direct partnership with Indigenous peoples and local communities, supporting their leadership and strengthening their land rights, while designing sustainable financing mechanisms that deliver long-lasting impacts for the region.

is helping farmers within Peru’s Alto Mayo Protected Forest sustainably and responsibly plant lucrative crops, including cacao.

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL The vast, dry rangelands of southern Africa are rich in biodiversity, critical for livelihoods and food security and vulnerable to the effects of overgrazing and climate change.

to improve the livelihoods of rural communities living in or around protected areas.

At the core of the model is Conservation International’s “conservation agreements” mechanism, which provides economic and other incentives or ben efits to communities to improve management of their natural resources.

conflict mitigation practices and adopt sustainable fisheries practices among other measures identified in consultations with local actors.

communities to initiate investable community- based, “nature-friendly” rural enterprises that can deliver environmental and social outcomes.

This will include strengthening their partnerships with private sector and impact investors.

restore degraded landscapes by mimicking the mass migrations of native wildlife, such as wildebeests.

The Sue Taei Ocean Fellowship for Indigenous Women of the Pacific aims to elevate the role of Indigenous women from across the region in ocean conservation.

The Fellowship — in honor of the late Sue Taei, formerly executive director of Conservation International’s Pacific Islands program — announced its first two fellows in 2021.

Our inaugural fellows, Tepoerau Mai and Te Aomihia Walker, have used their fellowships as launchpads to secure scholarships to further their education and research.

research on the risk of toxic and harmful micro- algae to human health.

in New Caledonia and analyzing the toxins produced by these organisms, and received the Young Talents For Women in Science.

She has returned to New Caledonia and is continuing her research.

She will soon return to New Zealand, where she will work to protect and advance the interests of Māori in the marine environment.

This first cohort promotes resolving challenges related to Indigenous economies, gender balance, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and more, based on their own solutions.

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Conservation International supporters and partners know that we need nature.

Their tremendous generosity is helping Conservation International protect nature for the future of us all.

NET ASSETS Thanks to several large, multi-year contributions, total Net Assets in fiscal year by $58.5 million, from $322.1 million to $380.6 million — with most of this increase derived from sources that support specific programs or purposes.

We are profoundly grateful to our donors for trusting Conservation International to pursue solutions to some of the most critical challenges of our time.

REVENUE Thanks to our donors’ generosity, in fiscal year million — a 34 percent increase over last year’s revenues.

grants to support our most urgent priorities: forest protection and regeneration, engagement with Indigenous groups, the development of innovative financing mechanisms to support sustainable businesses, and more.

the constraints imposed by COVID to deliver quality conservation outcomes while ensuring the health and safety of our staff, partners and beneficiaries.

Our field programs and Center for Oceans represented our largest programmatic investments, accounting for $our total expenses.

Our Grantmaking Divisions accounted for $23 percent of total expenses.

creating enabling conditions, best practices and tools that amplified the impact of other divisions.

As Conversation International grows, we will continue to carefully steward each dollar our donors entrust to us.

We are mindful of the need to invest in systems and people to effectively manage a portfolio that is growing both in size and complexity.

rate fell slightly from 2020 to 14.6 percent in fiscal year 2021.

progress toward our conservation goals in fiscal year strongest on record.

Our audited financial statements reflect revenues of $the highest levels reported in our history, against $159.4 million in expenditures.

Wilson shared his ideas through a deep and engrossing body of written work that helped to popularize biodiversity, untangle the complex web of nature and convey the protection of the natural world as a moral imperative.

His books made him one of the most visible faces in science, inspiring countless future conservationists and earning him two Pulitzer Prizes.

“Every conservationist and ecologist owes their career path in some way to Ed,” reflected Conservation International CEO M. Sanjayan.

“He challenged the organization to focus intensively on protecting the most important biodiversity hotspots,” said Peter Seligmann, founder of Conservation International and Chairman of the Board.

That pioneering approach became the organization’s guiding blueprint for more than investment in nature’s most important, irreplaceable ecosystems.

Until the very end, Wilson was still making major contributions to conservation.

At the age of he famously called for devoting 50 percent of the Earth’s surface to nature to stave off mass extinction.

This led, in part, to “seeks to preserve 30 percent of the planet’s lands and waters by the year 2030.

We honor and remember Wilson for bonding science to action and telling stories that have inspired and connected us to a larger, guiding truth: We must protect nature for the sake of all life on Earth.

, the conservation movement lost one of its giants, Dr. Thomas Lovejoy.

Lovejoy was a world-renowned conservation biologist, who spent more than trying to protect the Amazon rainforest.

Known by many as the “godfather of biodiversity,” he coined the term “biological diversity” and was an early proponent that habitat destruction and global warming are profoundly altering our planet’s ecosystems and their rich abundance of life.

Lovejoy was a member of Conservation International’s Leadership Council and was integral to the organization’s earliest successes.

In which a portion of a developing country’s foreign debt is forgiven in exchange for commitments to environmental protection and policy measures.

Since the first debt-for-nature swap between Conservation International and Bolivia in with billions of dollars in funding being made available for environmental protection.

His prolific writing and genial nature won him countless accolades and inspired generations of passionate conservation advocates.

“He was a giant in conservation, a champion for the Amazon, and above all a kind and generous scientist.

We will miss him greatly,” said Conservation International CEO M. Sanjayan.

CORPORATIONS A+E Networks Japan AbbVie Employee Matching Gifts Program Ably Inc. ADM Adobe Systems Incorporated Matching Gif Agropalma S.A.

Matching Gift Program Baobab Studios Battelle’s Always Giving Benefit Management Group, Inc. (Workplace) Bergner Home BHP Group Limited BlackRock, Inc.

Matching Gifts Program JDE Peet’s Johnson & Johnson Employee Matching Gifts Program Jord International JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Microsoft Microsoft Employee Matching Gifts Program Mitsubishi Corporation Mitsui & Co Moët Hennessy MSIG Asia Pte.

Matching Gift Employee Workplace The Proctor & Gamble Company Produbanco Razer Inc.

Reily Foods Riboli Family Wines Saks, Inc. Sateri SC Johnson Scenic Air Safaris SEFCU The Shanghai Commercial & Savings Shearman & Sterling Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Shinryo Corporation Siqueira Castro Advogados Sony Pictures Entertainment Southampton Row Trust Ltd Southern Ridges Capital Pte.

Carolyn S. Brody Family Foundation Bronfman Hauptman Foundation Builder’s Vision Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies Harold K.L. Castle Foundation Caterpillar Foundation Catto Shaw Foundation The Cedars Foundation, Inc.

Charles Spear Charitable Trust The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust Stearns Charitable Trust Joseph and Diane Steinberg Sunbridge Foundation The Suwinski Family Foundation Swarovski Foundation Swedish Postcode Foundation Swiss Re Foundation The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Flora L. Thornton Foundation Three Graces Foundation, Inc Tides Foundation Tierra Pura Foundation The Tiffany & Co.

and Cooperation Center Kamehameha Schools Ministère de I’Europe et des Affaires étrangères Ministère de la Transition écologique Ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et de la Relance Ministry of Education, Sports & Culture of Samoa MoreTrees Inc.

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 600 Arlington, VA 22202 1.800.429.5660 www.conservation.org www.natureisspeaking.org Conservation International is dedicated to protecting the environment through sustainable paper and printing choices.

The inside pages of this annual report are printed on paper made from made with FSC-certified fibers.

Strengthening the human-animal bond by supporting pets and those who love them.

I D E N T 2020 was a year unlike any other.

While the pandemic increased the need for services that support pet parents in need, it also highlighted the incredible bond people share with pets.

Through our partnerships with over 3,400 organizations across North America, we saw so many heartwarming stories of hope, perseverance, and love.

None of which would have been possible without support from generous donors.

Looking toward 2021 and beyond, our communities will need us more than ever.

and adoption centers in over 1,600 PetSmart stores, we help pets in need find the loving homes they deserve.

Through our investment in four strategic pillars, we’re making positive changes in the lives of pets, families, and communities.

We’re committed to supporting programs that keep pets and people together when they are faced with challenges such as homelessness, domestic abuse, or other life transitions.

We’re investing in opportunities for basic veterinary care for under-resourced pets.

us better people and make our communities stronger, we’re proud to support programs that reinforce the benefits pets bring into our lives.

Cat Adoption Center at their local PetSmart store, they knew he was destined for a second chance at a better life.

One fateful day, adopters Nicole and Daniel spotted little Arlo, who sat quietly at the back of his kennel.

The shy kitten’s demeanor made it clear that love was much needed in his life.

When they approached him, it was an instant connection that gave Arlo the courage to come to the door and greet the eager adopters.

When he clung to them and wouldn’t let go, Nicole and Daniel knew they had found the one.

Despite a challenging year for in-person adoptions, these are the moments that were still made possible thanks to our donors, partnerships with local rescues, and our friends at PetSmart.

As in-person adoptions, shelter closings, and in-store restrictions narrowed opportunities to connect pets with loving homes, shifting to our first-ever virtual National Adoption Days event proved to be a great success with over adoptions in just three weeks.

Adoptable pets were heroes in providing the unconditional love we all needed.

across the United States were facing food insecurity.

Mid-pandemic families across the country found themselves experiencing food insecurity at alarming rates, with little end in sight.

When people struggle to feed themselves, their pets inevitably suffer.

Loving pet owners often choose to relinquish their own nourishment as a means to provide food for their beloved pets.

We believe that no pet parent should have to choose between putting food on their table or in their pet’s bowl.

To help, we joined hands with Feeding America through a $ toward pet food beginning in 2020 to be distributed through 2021.

The partnership provided pet food for families facing economic hardship due to the COVID- to impact those in need post-pandemic.

This scholarship supports students carrying out pathbreaking work in their communities and aims to create access to veterinary care for those who need it most.

those with disabilities, but his work and passion for providing access to veterinary care have only begun.

His unrelenting dedication to service, education and the human animal bond will effect positive changes in making veterinary care accessible for all who need it.

We asked Devon why he felt he was the best candidate for the scholarship.

develop more inclusivity and equity within the animal welfare industry.

According to Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity Inc., (CARE), there is an estimated White Americans and African Americans.

A mere in adoptions among people of color would give 2 million pets loving homes.

CARE believes closing the gap is possible, but it requires reaching-out to people of color and seeking their leadership in the lifesaving work of Animal Welfare – and we’re here to help makes strides in closing the gap.

That’s why in a $250,000 grant to help fund research into biases within the animal welfare industry, the impact of policies on People of Color and to expand on studies examining the under-representation of African American employees in animal welfare organizations.