Saving species is at the heart of what we do, but our ambitions for bringing about change go beyond this.
For over six decades, we have been working to not only prevent extinctions but recover populations of threatened species and drive the rewilding of ecosystems.
Our passion and proven track record enable us to make bold decisions and develop pioneering techniques, while our technical expertise and scientific research helps us to tackle each problem with the most appropriate conservation action.
Our approach to conservation
Across our sites, we work with local communities and partners to rebuild damaged ecosystems through reforestation and the removal of invasive plants and animals, restoring key species and ecological functions, thereby creating more diverse and resilient landscapes for both wildlife and people.
At our academies in Jersey and Mauritius, we deliver specialist training to enable conservationists and partner organisations in our priority regions to become more effective.
Through our work in the wild and at our zoo, we are reconnecting people with nature and helping to drive the societal change needed to save and restore the natural world.
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We are a Conservation Evidence Champion
Conservation Evidence is an initiative that works to promote the use of evidence in conservation decision making. Conservation Evidence also promote organisations like Durrell as we work to integrate science and evidence into our management plans, as well as striving to deliver our own research to generate new evidence.
Durrell have recently become Conservation Evidence Champions, joining a host of other conservation practitioners, as well as funers, showing our commitment to the use of evidence to deliver the most effective conservation we can. So far, we have shown this across a range of criteria including our delivery of scientific studies to generate and share evidence, staff training and use of existing evidence to inform management plans.
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