Asia Pacific

Building a Sustainable Future

Covering more than a third of the world’s surface, the Asia Pacific region is home to some of the planet’s most unique ecosystems and endangered wildlife. However, a warming climate, a growing population and our need for natural resources are threatening nature as never before.

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As the fastest growing region in the world, Asia Pacific includes more than half of the world’s 7 billion people, seven of its 10 largest cities and five of its largest economies. As the region’s economies expand, increased urbanization, consumption and a rising demand for food, water, housing and energy are placing enormous pressure on the region’s unique natural assets. But with this rapid growth comes an extraordinary opportunity: to build a more sustainable future where nature and people flourish together.

A nomadic herder in Mongolia watches over his livestock. © Escape Velocity Content

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Learn more about the countries across the Asia Pacific region where we work to protect the lands and waters on which all life depends.

Terrapina Waterhole, Flinders Ranges feature

Australia

To solve big problems we need big thinking. Our work in Australia addresses the big conversation challenges—like climate change and the almost total loss of shellfish reefs from our southern shorelines—with innovative solutions.

China

In China, we are reshaping conservation in a place where the opportunities are big—and the stakes are bigger. The Nature Conservancy is enhancing the quality of life in China by working on a number of important national and regional-level initiatives.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a vibrant and international city where we are constantly evolving to adapt to the ever-changing challenges in Asia Pacific. The impact of a growing planet has never been more intense than in a concentrated city like Hong Kong.

Indonesia

The Nature Conservancy in Indonesia is creating new solutions that support sustainable development and benefit communities—including new management models for fisheries, adaption methods to climate change, conservation strategies for forests and advancing a national green development policy.

Mongolia

One million Mongolian nomads rely on the health of their country’s unbroken lands, but these lands are under tremendous pressure from development and mining. That’s why we are urgently working to advance innovative conservation strategies, based on science.

Myanmar

Myanmar is changing rapidly. As development pressures mount, The Nature Conservancy is helping the country move toward integrating conservation into the sustainable management of its natural resources—to build a future where nature and people flourish together.

New Zealand

We are working with partners, communities and the government to strengthen the management of rivers and seascapes, addressing threats to New Zealand’s unique biodiversity, while also exporting and scaling successful conservation solutions across the Asia Pacific.

Pacific Islands

In most Pacific islands, the land and sea are owned directly by the people, who are dependent on these natural resources for their livelihoods. We are ambitiously working to see that Pacific islanders are making informed and inclusive decisions that secure their livelihoods and their exceptional biological and cultural diversity.