2022 Annual Report
Conservation International
Optimism In Action
“There is tremendous momentum and unity around healing our planet. Our cause has become the world’s — and the only limits on what we can achieve will be self-imposed. If we can lead with courage and curiosity, then progress will surely follow — gradually, and then suddenly.”
Dr. M. Sanjayan
Chief Executive Officer
2022 Achievements
In 2022, scientists from Conservation International and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research released the Exponential Roadmap for Natural Climate Solutions, a first-of-its-kind blueprint for maximizing nature’s role in tackling the climate crisis.
The Blue Nature Alliance — a collaboration led by Conservation International, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Global Environment Facility, Minderoo Foundation and the Rob Walton Foundation — has supported conservation in 19 sites spanning more than 11.5 million square kilometers of ocean (4.4 million square miles.)
In 2022, Conservation International’s priority areas in Madagascar, the 1.7 million-acre Ankeniheny-Zahamena Corridor and Ambositra-Vondrozo Corridor, saw their lowest deforestation rates in 14 years.
Conservation International, in partnership with landowners, other nonprofits, and the Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association, developed the African Conservancies Fund, a rescue package to offset lost revenues in Kenya’s Maasai Mara region, a critically important ecosystem.
The Priceless Planet Coalition — a partnership spearheaded by Mastercard — launched 15 new projects across six continents to restore 13.5 million trees.
Our Supporters Make It Possible
“This is not the moment to fold — it’s time to bet the damn house. This is humanity’s decisive decade, and the best available science tells us we still have a window to make an immense difference.”
Harrison Ford
Vice Chair, Conservation International
“At the heart of our concern for the planet must be a concern for people. If we want to stave off the worst impacts of climate change, we’ll do it by bringing the communities most affected to the table and working together. Equity should be the bedrock of environmental progress.”
Lisa Jackson
Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives at Apple, Inc. and Conservation International Board Member
“If we ever hope to solve climate change and biodiversity loss, we need to believe in people and ourselves. We need more consumers to demand sustainability and solutions from businesses – and those demands need to be heard.”
Stella McCartney
Creative Director, Stella McCartney Ltd
and Conservation International Board Member
Revenue
In the fiscal year 2022, Conservation International raised a total of $265.8 million in revenue from deeply committed supporters from around the globe.
| 45.0% | Foundations |
| 23.9% | Corporations |
| 21.2% | Public Funding, NGOs + Multilaterals |
| 8.4% | Individuals |
| 1.4% | Investment + Other Income |
Expenses
Conservation International closed fiscal year 2022 with expenses totaling $212.4 million.
| 47.0% | Field Programs |
| 22.1% | Grantmaking Divisions |
| 10.3% | Science, Lands + Waters, Natural Climate Solutions |
| 8.0% | Fundraising |
| 5.6% | Management + Operations |
| 4.9% | Other Programs |
| 2.1% | Communications |
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2021 Annual Report
At Conservation International, we are proud to have some of the leading minds in natural and social science, policy, finance and business working together to improve people’s lives through the care and protection of nature. Their insights are helping societies develop and thrive in a more sustainable, equitable way.
2020 Annual Report
A global pandemic slowed the pace of life. It did not, however, slow climate breakdown. With only a decade left to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, stalled action in 2020 provided a setback just when progress was needed most.
Yet Conservation International forged ahead. Read the highlights.
2019 Annual Report
We are in the midst of a crisis that is the greatest humanity has ever faced. The Amazon is burning. The Arctic is melting. And in a time when our assault on nature has given rise to deadly zoonotic diseases, one has become a catastrophic pandemic.
But the young are raising their voices full of determination, resolve and rage. Listen to them: if we do not take care of our planet, nothing else will really matter.
2018 Annual Report
What if nature reached its fullest potential as a climate solution? What if nature and people could thrive in the same place, forever? What if we could protect the ocean at a scale unlike any we've seen before? What if we could spur innovations in science and finance that accelerate conservation everywhere? What if we stand together and dramatically increase progress for the future?
At Conservation International, we are proud to have some of the leading minds in natural and social science, policy, finance and business working together to improve people’s lives through the care and protection of nature. Their insights are helping societies develop and thrive in a more sustainable, equitable way.
