Conservation Projects

To find information about Earth Island sponsored projects, please use the focus area buttons or the alphabetical list below.

Many of us cannot imagine a world without Yosemite National Park, the Serengeti, or Lake Baikal, but each of these cultural and ecological treasures were saved through hard-fought conservation battles. Our projects support hands-on restoration, monitoring, and research, along with legislative and legal action, in order to protect critical habitats for all forms of life, and for all time.

AlaskaCleanWaterAdvocacy

Alaska Clean Water Advocacy works to prevent the degradation of public waters in Alaska through advocacy, education, litigation, legislation, and marke...

AlterTerra

Alter Terra takes an innovative approach to addressing the environmental and socioeconomic effects of unplanned urbanization by promoting initiatives t...

CaliforniaClimateandAgricultureNetwork

California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN) is a coalition of sustainable and organic farming organizations that advocate for state and federal...

CaliforniaUrbanStreamsPartnership

California Urban Streams Partnership is a network of local, regional, and statewide groups that protect, restore, and steward urban streams in Californ...

ConservationKids

Conservation Kids connects young adults with the environment through the use of photography. ...

EcovetGlobal

Ecovet Global brings a veterinary lens to environmental challenges that affect humans, animals, and ecosystems. By improving the health and well-being ...

GuiasUnidos

Guias Unidos works to inspire community-based, conservation-minded tourism in Nicaragua by unifying local and international expertise and resources. ...

JohnMuirProject

For more than 25 years, the John Muir Project (JMP) has been at the forefront of the fight to protect our national forests, national parks, roadless ar...

KellyCreekProtectionProject

The Kelly Creek Protection Project supports community efforts to protect a 58-acre parcel of land at the edge of Petaluma, California, from excessive s...

NatureintheCity

Nature in the City connects all people in the San Francisco Bay Area with nature. It creates local solutions to global biodiversity loss through habita...

ProjectCoyote

Project Coyote promotes compassionate carnivore coexistence through education, science, and advocacy. Its representatives and supporters include scient...

PublicLandsMedia

Public Lands Media is an independent, non-partisan source of ecological and conservation information with the goal of providing scientifically informed...

SAVEInternational

Spoonbill Action Voluntary Echo (SAVE) International works to protect the endangered black-faced spoonbill and its habitat throughout its flyway. SAVE ...

SerengetiWatch

The Serengeti is one of the world’s great natural treasures, yet it’s facing a host of critical threats from climate change, water shortage, invasi...

SharkStewards

Shark Stewards works to save endangered sharks and rays from overfishing and the global shark fin trade through education, science, and policy change. ...

SouthCoastHabitatRestoration

South Coast Habitat Restoration works to protect, conserve, and restore the various habitats and native biodiversity of the Santa Barbara and Ventura a...

TheBorneoProject

The Borneo Project brings international attention and support to community-led efforts to defend forests, sustainable livelihoods, and human rights in ...

TransitionEarth

Transition Earth links the issues of population, health, and the environment to support the empowerment of people and a thriving world. The project eng...

VivaSierraGorda

Viva Sierra Gorda is part of the Sierra Gorda Alliance, which works to protect and support the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve in the mountains of centr...

WildHeritage

Wild Heritage advocates for policies in the United States and internationally that recognize the exceptional value of primary forests. Primary forests ...

WildHope

Wild Hope publishes inspiring stories of individuals and organizations endeavoring to safeguard wild species with the purpose of raising awareness of t...

WildFutures

WildFutures advances the conservation of mountain lions, builds the skills of environmental leaders, and advises major donors to allocate funding to ef...