Storng Roots is proud have professional partnerships with sustainability, conservation and primatology organizations throughout the world.
Founded in 1991 at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Partners In Conservation (PIC) collaborates with partners in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to respectfully help them initiate and implement solutions to conservation problems. While many conservation programs come from the perspective of saving endangered animals and habitats first, PIC approaches conservation in these areas holistically, educating local people about the importance of conservation and giving them alternative means to earn wages that are conservation-friendly. PIC?s fundamental belief is that by helping local populations to better their lives and thrive without poaching or deforestation, these people then are empowered to conserve their wild places. By collaborating with conservation partners who provide local populations with education, skills, and livable-wage jobs, PIC is able to help local people become directly invested in saving their environment, which in turn, helps to conserve gorillas and other vulnerable wildlife in this area of the world.
The Toronto-based Canadian Ape Alliance was founded in 2000 by Dr. Kerry Bowan, one of the country’s leading bioethicists, as a response to the ongoing bushmeat crisis in Africa. Comprising a small group of like-minded colleagues and friends, the Canadian Ape Alliance is committed to protecting the threatened and endangered great ape populations found in remote pockets throughout the Congo Basin and beyond. While wildlife conservation remains central to its mission, the Canadian Ape Alliance has broadened its mandate over the years. Today, it also reaches out to indigenous human inhabitants through initiatives designed to raise awareness about the plight of forest animals and to provide incentives to curtail the continued slaughter. Members are also directly involved in a large-scale GIS and GPS mapping project, helping to establish an accurate, up-to-date picture of Central Africa’s topography and document the level of biodiversity that currently exists there.
Stand With Congo is a global campaign organizing actions and amplifying human stories from the heart of the Congolese peace movement. Launched in the Spring of 2016 to achieve transparency in Congo mining, Stand With Congo has evolved to stand in solidarity with the many leaders throughout Congo working towards peace and development?including human rights leaders, conservationists, and the youth movement.
The Mulago Foundation Conservation Fellows program supports high impact environment/conservation leaders and equips them with the right tools to design and deliver bigger, better, faster conservation outcomes. Mulago invests in scalable impact and evidence based conservation.
ICFC is Canada’s leading international conservation organization. Since 2007, it has partnered on projects with local conservation organizations in Latin America, Africa and Asia. They know best what needs doing and how to go about it.
ICFC’s work is science-based and committed to engaging local communities and securing lasting conservation gains in priority areas.
The ICCA Consortium is an international association dedicated to promoting the appropriate recognition of and support to ICCAs (territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities) in the regional, national and global arena. It is comprised of Members (Indigenous People Organisations (IPOs) and Community-based Organisations (CBOs) and civil society organisations working with IPs/LCs) and Honorary members (individuals with relevant concerns and expertise relating to ICCAs). As a global institution, the Consortium collaborates with the CBD Secretariat, GEF SGP, UNEP WCMC, IUCN, research and advocacy organisations, and UN mechanisms promoting human and IP and LC rights.
Rainforest Trust saves endangered wildlife and protects the planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support. These reserves include private reserves, national parks, community forests, and indigenous land titling.
PEM Forest Legacy Carbon Initiative (FLCI) provides a new and unique opportunity to support land conservation and management by directly valuing the sequestration of atmospheric carbon by diverse land types.
