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For decades, The Nature Conservancy has recognized that the private sector has an important role to play in advancing our conservation mission. Businesses around the globe can, and do, have significant impacts on our climate and on the lands and waters that people and nature rely upon for survival. That’s why we are applying our science, reach, expertise in conservation planning, and on-the-ground experience to help businesses make better decisions, understand the value of nature, and ultimately protect it.
Companies increasingly understand that investments in conservation help protect business assets, mitigate risk and create opportunities. To not work with companies as they seek to become more environmentally sustainable is to miss an opportunity to create real conservation gains around the world.
Chinese scientists visit and study the Mississippi River. Their visit is part of an on-going scientific and technical exchange between the Yangtze River Basin and the Mississippi River Basin, facilitated by The Nature Conservancy’s Great Rivers Partnership and funded by the Caterpillar Foundation. © Erika Nortemann/2009 The Nature Conservancy
We work with companies to improve business practices, support conservation projects, raise awareness and champion policy.
A Bolivian forester measures a tree trunk as part of the sustainable logging process near Cururu. © 2008 Ami Vitale
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Lake Russell at Disney Wilderness Preserve in Florida, United States, North America. © Harold E. Malde
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