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A tour guide watches the horizon as her boat speeds through Palau's rock islands. © Ian Shive

Survey Says

Join Palauan scientists on a trip to some of the world's most beautiful reefs, where corals are in trouble.

Farmers from the Urumarov village hold up the fruits of their labor. © Allison Bleaney

Sweet Success

Adelbert communities are producing the first fair trade-certified cocoa in Papua New Guinea.

Conservation planning in China © Li Qian/TNC

Making Big Plans

The Conservancy’s science is influencing China’s first national conservation plan in more than a decade.

Green Turtle © Philippe Guillaume/Flickr

Safe Haven for Turtles

We are helping an Indonesian village become a safe haven for the endangered green sea turtle.

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Big Opportunities, Big Threats

Mongolia stands at a crossroad between conservation and development. See how we're helping strike a balance.

There are fewer than 2,000 Yunnan Golden (Snub-Nosed) Monkeys left in Yunnan's old-growth alpine forests. They are considered one of the most endangered primates on Earth. © Long Yongcheng/TNC

Saving a Mysterious Monkey

Learn more about the Conservancy's efforts to track and protect the elusive Yunnan golden monkey.

Bends in the upper Yangtze River, Yunnan province, southwestern China. The Conservancy is working with the Chinese government to increase protection of Yunnan’s natural areas by establishing a system of national parks. © Ami Vitale

The Yangtze River, China

The Yangtze is also China’s principal waterway, its rushing waters promising to electrify the world’s fastest-growing economy.

Local children from Deer village playing in the ocean off Kofiau. Kofiau is part of the Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia, is located in the Coral Triangle, an area containing what may be the richest variety of marine species and corals in the world. The people of Indonesia's Deer village in Raja Ampat rely on the sea as their most important source of food and income. The Nature Conservancy has been actively working with here with local government, communities and other partners toward Raja Ampat’s protection. Because of this program destructive fishing has virtually been eliminated from the local Kofiau Marine Protected Area. © Jeff Yonover

The Coral Triangle

Learn how we are revitalizing the world’s most varied coral reefs alongside the people who need them to live.

Villagers from Long Laay village navigate rapids on the Segah River in the Bornean forest of the Berau district, East Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. The Nature Conservancy is working with partners and villagers in the Bornean forests of the Berau district for reduced-impact logging. Surprisingly simple changes to how a company logs a forest can yield more intact forests, cleaner water, healthier and happier local villagers, and, on a global scale, more trees sequestering carbon and fighting climate change. ©Bridget Besaw

East Kalimantan, Indonesia

By introducing smart land use practices to East Kalimantan, we can keep forests productive for many generations to come.