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From the cab of his truck Rob Manes surveys the Elk River Wind Project south of Beaumont, Kansas on a rainy day. Manes is the director of conservation for The Nature Conservancy in Kansas. This is Kansas' largest wind farm. © Jim Richardson

Explore our work

For decades, The Nature Conservancy has recognized that the private sector has an important role to play in advancing our conservation mission. In that spirit, we have worked with companies large and small around the world to help businesses make better decisions, understand the value of nature and ultimately protect it.

Here is a sample of the work we’ve done with companies around the world:

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Liane Davis enters observations into an electronic data recorder as Ross St Clair measures the width and depth of a stream that feeds into Ellsworth Creek, a Conservancy project site at Willapa Bay in Washington. © Harley Soltes

Dow Announces Business Strategy for Conservation

The Nature Conservancy and Dow Chemical Company are working together on a breakthrough collaboration to demonstrate that protecting nature can be a global business strategy – and a corporate priority. Learn more.

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Conservancy staff member Jules Opton-Himmel loads a big crate of research material onto a boat. Rhode Island's coast is perhaps the state's most iconic and significant natural feature. © Prentice Stout

The Science Behind Companies Valuing Nature

The Nature Conservancy’s new collaboration with Dow will provide great opportunities for biodiversity conservation — in large part because the effort will be rooted in the Conservancy’s scientific expertise. Learn more.

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The Nature Conservancy has conducted inventories of unpaved roads -- a significant source of detrimental sediment -- in watersheds throughout the Ozark Highlands, including at Kings River in Arkansas. © The Nature Conservancy

Cracking the Code of Hidden Water

Nearly 70 percent of the water extracted from nature worldwide is used by agriculture and industry as they produce the food and goods we need and want. Learn more.

Pichincha Province, Ecuador. FONAG protects watersheds supplying the capital’s 2 million people with 80 percent of their freshwater. Nearly $1 million each year goes to conservation projects in the surrounding watersheds. ©Benito Guerrero/The Nature Conservancy

Water Funds

Could a bright idea from Latin America protect the water that comes out of your faucet? Learn more.

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March 2010. Conservancy-sponsored meeting with farmers and ranchers in São Félix do Xingu, in the state of Pará, Brazil. © Leandro Ramos/The Nature Conservancy

Saving Forests with Brazil's Ranchers and Farmers

With the Conservancy’s help, more than 1,400 property owners in São Félix have signed up with Brazil’s environmental registry. Learn more.

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Oil and gas field equipment, Industrial waste, scoured land and polluted air now cover much of the sage flats in the area know as the Jonah field. © David Stubbs

Smart Development

Through a science-based approach we are helping to balance the needs of planned development – like oil and gas, mining and infrastructure – with those of nature conservation. Learn more.

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Soy field with forest border in the Amazon, Brazil. ©Benito Guerrero/The Nature Conservancy

Amazon Harvest

Working with companies to ensure sustainable soy cultivation and stop the creep of soy fields into Brazil’s rainforests. Learn more.

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Boreal Forest, British Columbia, Canada. © Charlie Ott

Canada's Boreal Forest

Twenty-one timber companies and nine environmental nonprofits have come together to break down the barriers and build a new foundation for the protection of Canada’s Boreal forest. Learn more.

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Forested islands create a maze in the Mississippi River near Iowa. The Upper Mississippi River is part of the Great Rivers Partnership, and is a priority conservation site for the Conservancy. © Robert J. Hurt

Great Rivers Partnership

An ambitious effort to conserve and restore the world's great river systems for the benefit of the people and species that depend upon them for life.

Dramatic canyon walls rise above riparian habitat in this autumn view of the San Miguel river near the Dallas Divide, southwest Colorado. © Lynne McBride

Crystal Light Supports Freshwater Conservation

Crystal Light, one of Kraft Foods’ most popular brands, recognized the need to protect and conserve freshwater resources. Learn more.

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Bitter and Sweet Dreams

Working with 23 communities, The Nature Conservancy is protecting forests and helping communities by bringing FairTrade cacao to Indonesia. Learn more.