Community Conservation, Inc., India
Community Conservation strives to establish community-based conservation programs with a strong emphasis on voluntary local participation and respect for rural people as being the best stewards of their own lands. Their goal is to empower local communities to manage their lands with minimal outside interference. Community Conservation's programs work toward leaving a local group in charge of managing and perpetuating the newly formed community conservation program. They also seek to achieve a balance between economic development and conservation.
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David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is a small, flexible charity that embraces all measures that complement the conservation, preservation and protection of wildlife. It was established in memory of David Sheldrick, a famous naturalist and founder and warden of Kenya's giant Tsavo East National Park, in which he served from 1948 until 1976.
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Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International was founded in 1978 by Dr. Dian Fossey to preserve and protect the world's remaining mountain gorillas. The fund is committed to gorilla protection, science, field research, education and awareness, and economic development. The fund's activities take place on many levels and places, with people from Africa, the United States and around the world.
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EarthEcho International
EarthEcho International is a nonprofit organization founded by Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau in honor of their father Philippe Cousteau Sr., famous son of legendary explorer Jacques Yves Cousteau. EarthEcho believes everything we do makes a difference-all of our actions have consequences. Through ocean conservation and exploration media distributed through diverse outlets, EarthEcho shares the wonder and intricacies of the natural world and humanity's relationship to it. But awareness is not enough. Our programs encourage people to change everyday behaviors-through shopping, voting, and community volunteering we can all make a positive difference for our water planet. What's your earthecho?
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Established in 1995, Elephant Nature Park is a nonprofit sanctuary for over two dozen rescued elephants. Ranging in age from infants to old-timers, these previously abused and neglected creatures are able to live out the rest of their lives in peace and dignity on the park's grounds. Nestled in the breathtaking Mae Taeng Valley, about an hour north of Chiang Mai, Elephant Nature Park is a place where the elephants no longer work for humans. Instead, a team of full-time staff and park volunteers maintain the park and care for the elephants. A unique experience for any visitor to Southeast Asia, Elephant Nature Park allows people to see elephants as elephants should be seen: living their lives peacefully, frolicking when the moment strikes them, and trumpeting to one another throughout the day and night.
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International Crane Foundation, Japan
The International Crane Foundation (ICF) works worldwide to conserve cranes and the wetland and grassland ecosystems on which they depend. ICF is dedicated to providing experience, knowledge, and inspiration to involve people in resolving threats to these ecosystems. ICF is concerned with ecosystem protection and restoration and strives to alert scientists, government officials and the public to the dependence of cranes on their habitats, the causes and remedies for habitat destruction, and the importance of wetlands and grasslands for both wildlife and people. ICF supports research, serving primarily as a catalyst for research, by making available its facilities and bird collection to scientists, by sponsoring workshops and publications, and by nurturing a network of conservationists, biologists, and managers around the world. ICF maintains a collection of captive cranes, which allows them to pursue two vital techniques for crane preservation: captive breeding and reintroduction into the wild. Their work also demonstrates endangered species management for the public, and facilitates breeding and education efforts with cranes elsewhere in the United States and abroad.
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Madagascar Fauna Group, Madagascar
The Madagascar Fauna Group (MFG) is an international consortium of zoos, botanical gardens, universities and related institutions working together to conserve Madagascar's lemurs and other spectacular wildlife. Beyond groundbreaking lemur reintroductions, the MFG has multifaceted impacts on conservation through adult and student education, agricultural training and reforestation programs, as well as research on a wide variety of flora and fauna.
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Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project
For nearly 20 years, veterinarians have been helping mountain gorillas survive by providing them with life-saving veterinary care for human-caused or life-threatening illnesses and injuries. The project began as one veterinarian; now it has grown into an entire team. With teams of experienced personnel, MGVP veterinarians track ailing gorillas, observe and treat them when needed — inside their native habitat. Without the MGVP, mountain gorillas might not exist today. Still, these animals remain highly endangered due to threats from war, poaching, habitat destruction and human disease. Their numbers remain critically low, with no fall back breeding population in sanctuaries or zoos.
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The North American Riding for the Handicapped Association
The North American Riding for the Handicapped Association was formed in 1969 to promote equine assisted activities for individuals with special needs. At over 700 member centers, a total of 36,000 children and adults find a sense of independence through involvement with horses. These member centers range from small, one-person programs to large operations with several certified instructors and licensed therapists. In addition to therapeutic equitation, a center may offer any number of equine assisted activities including hippotherapy, equine facilitated mental health, driving, vaulting, trail riding, competition, ground work, or stable management. Through a wide variety of educational resources, the association helps individuals start and maintain successful equine assisted activities programs for individuals with special needs. There are more than 24,000 volunteers, 2000 instructors, 5,700 therapy horses, and thousands of contributors from all over the world helping people at NARHA centers.
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Ostional Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica
Ostional Wildlife Refuge contains the second most important nesting site for the Olive Ridley sea turtle in Costa Rica. The turtles sometimes come in huge numbers, called "arribadas" during the months from July though November (wet season). Leatherback and Pacific Green turtles also nest here. People are encouraged to visit the Web site listed above for more information.
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PRETOMA, Costa Rica and Cocos Island
PRETOMA is a Costa Rican nonprofit NGO (nongovernmental organization) founded in 1997. They are a marine conservation and research organization working to protect ocean resources and promote sustainable fisheries policies in Costa Rica and Central America. PRETOMA directs its efforts in field conservation projects through research and outreach on board commercial fishing vessels and through public awareness and education.
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Smithsonian National Zoological Park
The Smithsonian National Zoological Park is far more than a place where people can see animals. It is a diverse, global organization with a multifaceted mission: provide leadership in animal care, science, education and sustainability. In addition to the 163-acre zoological park in Washington, D.C., where visitors can marvel at more than 2,400 individual animals of 400 different species, the zoo also is a research, conservation and education center for endangered species that boasts a state-of-the-art veterinary hospital and extensive research facilities. Many scientists work at the zoo's 3,200-acre Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Va., which is closed to the public. In addition, zoo staff work in field stations around the world, studying wildlife from China to Venezuela.
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Valhalla Wilderness Society, British Columbia
In 1975, the Valhalla Wilderness Society started as a group of local residents who wanted to save the forested slopes of the Valhalla Range from logging. It took eight years of extensive involvement to win the park. Along the way, the society became involved in efforts to attain better forest practices outside of parks. Since then, the Valhalla Wilderness Society has spearheaded three other successful campaigns, for the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, Goat Range (White Grizzly) Provincial Park and Spirit Bear Protection Area. The society has played a major role in cooperation with other environmental groups and in the creation of many other new parks in British Columbia (such as the Kitlope Heritage Conservancy Provincial Park). It also has helped expose poor forest practices in British Columbia and across Canada, and has worked cooperatively with many aboriginal people on issues of environmental and social justice.
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Ventana Wildlife Society, Monterey
The Ventana Wildlife Society (VWS) first began by rehabilitating and releasing wildlife at a 240-acre remote field site in the Ventana Wilderness. After five years, VWS began reintroducing prairie and peregrine falcons from this same location. Then, in 1986, a bald eagle restoration project began since a local population of eagles was absent for 60 years. VWS successfully restored this population in only 10 years.

The Ventana Wildlife Society Research and Education Center was established in Big Sur's Andrew Molera State Park in January 1992. Inspired by the desire to reach out to the public, and with support from the California Department of Parks and Recreation, VWS expanded its programs to include environmental education, habitat restoration, steelhead trout monitoring and migratory bird research. The current projects include environmental education, California condor reintroduction, bald eagle monitoring, and song bird monitoring and research.
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