Partners>Conservation>Introduction>Our mission
To support conservation, community and developmental (CCD) organisations in their work to improve human wellbeing and preserve nature.
To achieve this by:
- using new technologies to better engage the general public with environment and development and to find ways to better distribute the responsibility for minimising our environmental impacts and engaging in environmental protection amongst us all,
- supporting CCD organisations by making scientific, environmental data and knowledge available in ways in which it can be effectively used in decision-making,
- supporting CCD organisations by bringing together and showcasing information on their individual and collective efforts using neo-geo technologies and web-based geobrowsers,
- raising financial capacity for distribution to CCDs working on people-centred environmental protection on the ground and finding ways for the beneficiaries of environmental services provided by nature to provide sustainable livelihoods to those who are stewards of the ecosystems which provide those services
Partners>Conservation>Introduction>Valuing nature
Valuing nature. Economy and society are fundamentally supported by nature and by natural resources (so-called environmental goods and services) that are provided by ecosystems which must be protected in order that these goods and services continue to be provided to society. Whilst there are clear ethical and moral arguments for conservation of nature, the economic system tends to work against nature and finding ways in which the services delivered to society by nature for free can be valued - and paid for - is fundamental to sustainable conservation of the natural systems that provide these services.
Partners>Conservation>Introduction>Engaging the public
Engaging the public. Our global environmental future is too important to leave to governments whose fundamental concern always has to be the wellbeing of economies and people here and now. If we can find ways to better distribute the responsibility for managing the environment amongst us all then real progress will be made. New technologies provide mechanisms for engaging individuals and families in understanding our own impact on the environment, the role of goods and services provided by nature in our lives and ways in which we can take responsibility for a monitoring, understanding and sustainably protecting a patch of nature for continued provision of at least the level of goods and services that we consume.
Partners>Conservation>Introduction>Supporting you
Supporting conservation, community and developmental organisations. There are a raft of organisations working throughout the world on conservation, community and development projects. These efforts are largely piecemeal, uncoordinated and in competing. Much can be gained by knowing who is doing what and where and thus facilitating links and coordinated efforts. Much can also be gained by enabling the general public to easily take some of the responsibility for protection of their environment by taking responsibility for a piece of the planet and devoting their time and money to specific projects and engaging with the outcome of their efforts. The human population is part of the solution as well as part of the problem. Engaging those of us who have large ecological footprints to map, monitor and finance protection of a piece of nature at least the size of our footprint is fundamental to sustaining the life support systems that sustain us.
Partners>Conservation>Introduction>Bringing science to bear
Bringing science to bear. Many conservation, community and developmental organisations work in a data vacuum, yet much science is done. Very often scientific studies generate data and information. The data are very often not made available in ways that they can be used by organisations on the ground. The information usually only highlights the environmental problems and not the optimal solutions. Better engagement of science with policy is critical to providing sustainable solutions to better alleviate poverty whilst protecting the environment. Again, new technologies can help greatly both in providing environmental data in ways in which it can be used by non-technical organisations working on the ground and in providing policy support for sustainable solutions to the environmental problems which we face.
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