What drives us
Finding mutually beneficial ways to coexist with other species …
We support ecosystem research, education, and conservation projects.
Species in various ecosystems across the world will not survive the multitude of climate change impacts including global temperature rise, warming oceans, ocean acidification, sea level rise, changes in ocean salinity, extreme weather events, decreased snow cover, glacial retreat, declining arctic sea ice, etc., unless we drastically reduce emission of greenhouse gases
Air pollution from burning fuels (for energy, transportation, industry, personal uses, etc.) causes physiological distress and/or increased mortality of fauna & flora. Since most air pollutants are both local and global (being transported across long distances), it is imperative that we make a concerted worldwide effort to reduce fuel consumption.
Water pollutants such as plastics, chemicals, etc. originate on land and like air pollutants are transported vast distances in freshwater bodies and in marine environments causing gruesome deaths of wildlife.
Since these pollutants also enter the food web and return to us on our dinner plates, it is essential that we drastically reduce our plastics usage and our chemical consumption for our own wellbeing as well as that of other species.
The number and quality of natural habitats such as wetlands, forests, grasslands, coastal ecosystems, etc. are decreasing in real time from human population pressures and resultant activities threatening and endangering the flora and fauna that depend on them for survival. Since these ecosystems also provide us with innumerable products (food, fresh water, wood, etc.) and services (regulation of natural hazards, water purification, waste management, pest control, etc.), it is essential that we cleanup, restore, maintain, and/or create such habitats irrespective of the scale to preserve all species.
Earth’s biodiversity is in peril from the more blatant and obvious of human activities besides pollution and acceleration of climate change – wildlife trafficking.
Innumerable animal and plant species pilfered or harvested from the wild are trafficked across the world either in their entirety or in parts. Wildlife – from tiny insects to large predators, and from orchids to cacti – are traded for use in native “medicines”, as “exotic” foods, as pets, as decorative object and curios, or transformed into household goods, etc. According to the US State Department, wildlife trafficking is likely the third largest illegal commercial enterprise in the world, next to the trading in illicit drugs and weapons.
Most countries in the world are complicit in this profitable criminal enterprise, by enabling poaching and trafficking, receiving the goods, or allowing the transit of such goods. All of us must do our part by not trading in exotic species, by reporting on any such activities, by educating ourselves and others on superstitions and traditions that harm other species, and by lobbying for policies that ban the trading of all exotic wildlife.
The sites below provide current data and analytics on wildlife trafficking and the international efforts to prevent it.
Reducing Opportunities for Unlawful Transport of Endangered Species (ROUTES) https://routespartnership.org/
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) https://www.cites.org/
Join us
Support Biodiversity Preservation:
Participate in Local Environmental Events, Apply for a Grant, or Donate!
We strongly encourage citizen action to reclaim and preserve local habitats and native ecosystems.
If you can, participate in citizen science projects or environmental events in your area. If you need funding for your project, apply for a grant.
If you would like to support our mission, please donate!
