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The Nature Conservancy in Africa - Conservation in Africa

The Nature Conservancy in Asia Pacific - Conservation in Asia-Pacific

The Nature Conservancy in the Caribbean - Conservation in the Caribbean

The Nature Conservancy in Central America - Conservation in Central America

The Nature Conservancy in North America - Conservation in North America

The Nature Conservancy in the United States - Conservation in the United States

The Nature Conservancy in South America - Conservation in South America

The Great Rivers Partnership

Key Project Areas

The Conservancy ranks conservation of great rivers among its global priorities.  The Great Rivers Partnership initially will support conservation of large river systems on three continents:

Upper Mississippi River

The Upper Mississippi River basin provides freshwater resources to more that 30 million people.

© Robert J Hurt

 

The United States: The Mississippi River

Building on nearly 50 years of conservation experience here, the Conservancy is working in close partnership with other organizations to conserve and restore one of the world’s greatest rivers, the Mississippi River and its major tributaries. Conservation efforts will include improving water quality, restoring healthy river flows, and reclaiming floodplains as natural habitat.

Learn more about the Conservancy's work in the states of the Upper Mississippi River Basin: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin.

The Pantanal

The Pantanal is the world's largest wetland, covering an area of more than 50,000 square miles. It lies at the heart of the Paraguay-Parana River system.

© Michael Giannechini

 

Brazil: The Paraguay-Parana River System

The Conservancy will build upon a decade of project work in the Upper Paraguay-Parana River basin, which includes the extensive Pantanal wetlands, to develop an integrated strategy to preserve the basin’s ecological integrity. The Upper Paraguay-Parana River system supports an extensive human population within the basin. Conservation strategies here employ public-private partnerships for restoring watersheds, influencing sustainable agricultural development and improving water management.

Learn more about the Conservancy's work in Brazil. in English, in Portuguese.

Yangtze River

The Yangtze River is one of four great Asian rivers in the Yunnan Province  that together provide freshwater for more than 500 million people.

© The Nature Conservancy

 

China: The Yangtze River

The Conservancy will work with the government of China to create the Conservation Blueprint for China, a national assessment of conservation priorities for the entire country. The Blueprint will first focus on developing an assessment of the health of the plant, animal and freshwater resources of the Upper Yangtze River basin. This project also will promote ecologically compatible land use practices in the basin, which crosses four Chinese provinces.

Learn more about the Conservancy's work in China.