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HP Guardian has the following objectives:

to 'adopt' plots in protected areas throughout the world using geobrowser technology (Google Earth, Google Maps),
to fund projects of their choice that come in for conservation work in IUCN I-VI (nationally designated) protected areas through a community forum and voting mechanism,
to fund specified projects by a specific NGO or consortium of NGOs by contributing to a tied-fund,
to receive multimedia updates on the conservation, education and community activities that have taken place with their donations at least annually,
to contribute to conservation by donating time to help map and monitor protected areas and project sites using geobrowser based 'geo-wiki' technology.

Providing customised access to Guardian from their websites, for their projects to provide plot adoption based engagement with donors for project-tied funding,
providing custoimised access to mapping from their websites, for their projects to integrate and provide accessible conservation-relevant geographic data for their projects,
integrating the work of many conservation organisations within a geo-context to increase project dissemination and memory, avoid duplication of effort and provide a single conservation geoportal.

providing open access geo-browser based visualisation of threats to protected areas,
providing tailored educational materials to contribute to school cirricula,
integrating the work and projects of many conservation organisations in a geobrowser based context.