The Charity

Today we focus our attention on Nature Conservancy, a leading non profit conservation organisation working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for people and nature. They address the most pressing conservation threats at the largest scale. Thanks to the support of their more than 1 million members, they have built a tremendous record of success since founding in 1951:

• They have protected more than 119 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide — and operated more than 100 marine conservation projects globally.
• They work in all 50 states and more than 30 countries — protecting habitats from grasslands to coral reefs, from Australia to Alaska to Zambia.
• They address threats to conservation involving climate change, fresh water, oceans, and conservation lands.

Your Participation is Key

As we approach this holiday season and a new year, Nature Conservancy calls people to participate in their campaigns, to encourage holiday shoppers to buy gifts that give back to nature. They call upon your support to keep helping them to promote responsible alternatives this coming year and like always, when involved with their Green Gift Monday or their Holiday Gift Guide

Here are Nature Conservancy’s top 5 green gifts being given so far this year  - please spread the word about these gifts and participate with your loved ones this holiday. Do have a look at the complete gift offerings separately :

• Adopt an Acre in Costa Rica Your loved one will be helping to protect 400,000 acres of rainforest’s of the Oso Peninsula, home to at least half of Costa Rica’s wildlife, including jaguars, sloths, tapirs, macaws and four species of monkey.  This gift contributes to the preservation of an area of important biodiversity.

• For the Birder Give your favourite bird lover a gift that will help restore birds’ habitats in places like the forests of the Southern Coastal Plain, the prairies of Minnesota, and in wetland habitats where the endangered Whooping Crane lives. Your loved one will receive their Great Places E-Newsletter and invitations to take part in local field trips.

• Kids - Protect Sea Turtles Children love sea turtles and with this gift, they’ll be protecting these amazing creatures wherever The Nature Conservancy is working to insure their safety. Your recipient will receive an adorable sea turtle plush toy, local conservation updates, invitations to join in on field trips, and discounts from eco-friendly retailers.

• Adopt an Acre in the Northern Rockies Help preserve this pristine 80 million acre home to wolves, grizzly bears and other amazing animals. This gift includes the Adopt an Acre magnet set and fact sheet that details their conservation work, and four issues of Nature Conservancy magazine.

• Plant Trees in Brazil Part of The Nature Conservancy’s Plant a Billion Trees campaign, this gift contributes to their efforts to plant one billion native trees in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. This program will help to restore 2.5 million acres in the world’s largest and most endangered tropical forest.

Wild Navigator would like to thank Midori Matsuyama (of the Nature Conservancy - Online Outreach Program) for all the information provided and we will carry on supporting their efforts in the field of nature conservation. Please join their cause and support them in anyway possible. Thank you.