Conservation Strategies

Protecting a species or restoring a wild place rarely comes down to one fix. It takes funding, policy, science, and the people who know a landscape best, often all at once, from a single forest to international agreements. These are the eight strategies Re:wild uses to make that happen.

Across the globe, Re:wild drives bold conservation action.

By partnering with local communities, governments, and Indigenous Peoples, we protect wildlife, restore wild places, and shape the future of nature. Each of our eight strategies puts that partnership to work in a different way, from creating new protected areas to training the conservation leaders of tomorrow." Photo Credit: CIFOR/Michael Padmanaba

Bold action is what’s needed to protect and restore the world’s wild places and wildlife.

Partnership is how we move fast. Consistency is how we make sure that speed doesn't come at the cost of doing this right.

Every strategy, whatever the partnership and wherever the place, runs on the same six commitments.

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    Impact

    Every strategy is designed to create measurable change for wildlife, habitats, and people.

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    Partnerships

    We co-create solutions with local, national, and global partners.

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    Tailored Solutions

    Our interventions are designed for local ecological and social contexts.

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    Good Governance & Local Ownership

    Indigenous Peoples and local communities lead in the management of their lands and waters.

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    Science & Learning

    Evidence-based planning guides all species recovery and conservation actions.

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    Enabling Environment

    We help strengthen the conservation community as a whole, so it can collaborate and innovate.

Nature faces unprecedented threats.

Biodiversity is being lost faster than conservation can keep pace with, often in places without the funding, policy support, or trained people to stop it.

That's why those six commitments take the shape of eight distinct strategies, not one generic plan. Each tackles a different part of what protecting a wild place actually takes.

Turning strategy into action

Re:wild's eight core conservation strategies guide how we collaborate with partners, from governments to Indigenous Peoples and local communities, to protect wildlife, restore habitats, and empower local guardians.

  • Advocating for Earth

    Turning stories into global policy change.

  • Cultivating Leaders

    Growing the next generation of conservation leaders.

  • Exploration

    Searching for lost species and ones we haven’t found yet.

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  • PCA Creation

    Putting new wild places under lasting protection.

  • PCA Management

    Ensuring safe, well-managed protected areas.

  • Restoration & Rewilding

    Rebuilding habitats and native species.

  • Species Recovery

    Helping species not just survive, but thrive.

  • Wildlife Crime Prevention

    Preventing poaching and wildlife trafficking.

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