About us

About us

Foundations of Success seeks to improve the practice of conservation. It promotes the collection and use of evidence to learn and adapt. The organisation brings together practitioners to jointly formulate generic theories of change for widely used conservation actions. The Conservation Actions and Measures Library (CAML) gathers these theories of change.

Conservation Evidence gathers evidence on conservation actions through synthesising documented evidence and sharing evidence through the Conservation Evidence database. The aim is to give conservationists easy access to the latest and most relevant knowledge to support conservation policy and management decisions.

The MAVA Foundation is a family foundation with the mission to conserve biodiversity for people and nature by funding, mobilising and strengthening its partners and the conservation community. Founded in 1994, it has supported conservation initiatives and partners working in the Mediterranean, Coastal West Africa, and Switzerland and on Sustainable Economy.

Team

Annette Olsson

Foundations of Success

Implementation Team

Bill Sutherland

Conservation Evidence

Steering Committee

Charlotte Karibuhoye

MAVA Foundation

Co-Lead, Learning Initiative

Daniela Aschenbrenner

Foundations of Success

Implementation Team

Ilke Tilders

Foundations of Success

Steering Committee

Julien Sémelin

Cartier Philanthropy

Initiator of the Initiative (formerly with MAVA Foundation)

Lauriane Besse

Foundations of Success

Implementation Team

Luis Costa

MAVA Foundation

MAVA core team

Lynda Mansson

MAVA Foundation

Steering Committee

Nick Salafsky

Foundations of Success

Steering Committee

Nico Boenisch

Foundations of Success

Co-Lead, Learning Initiative

Paule Gros

MAVA Foundation

MAVA core team

Raphaël Billé

Tour du Valat

Steering Committee

Rebecca K. Smith

Conservation Evidence

Implementation Team

Salla Ba

MAVA Foundation

MAVA core team

Sara Estlander

Foundations of Success

Website & communications products

Silviu Petrovan

Conservation Evidence

Implementation Team

Vladimir Milushev

Foundations of Success

Implementation Team

Will Morgan

Conservation Evidence

Implementation Team

Xavier Escuté

Foundations of Success

Lead, Implementation Team

Acknowledgements

Ahmed Senhoury, Alexander Barkawi, Alexis Krikorian, Amadou Kide, Ana Carolina Andrade, Angela Morgado, Arjan Hijdra, Arsh Raina, Carlos Sánchez Martínez, Catherine de Noyelle, Catherine Numa, Céline Arnal, Christian Stauffer, Clive Poutney, Daphne Mavrogiorgos, David Meyers, Domingos Leitão, Edouard Reat Noch, Euclides Resende, Frank Zindel, Gabriel Schwaderer, Geoffroy Citegetse, Geoffroy Mauvais, George Dimitropoulos, Hiltrud Cordes, Imad Atrash, Jane Madgwick, Jean-Louis Perrin, Jeanne Poultney, Katharina Schneider-Roos, Khady Gueye, Lefkios Sergides, Liz Drury, Louisa Richmond-Coggan, Maher Mahjoub, Marjana Çerekja, Martin Lok, Miguel de Barros, Nicolas Salaün, Nikos Petrou, Pablo Borboroglu, Pedro Geraldes, Pommelien Da Silva Cosme, Rachid Ait Babahmad, Rosie Trevelyan, Samantha Zouankouan, Selin Devranoglu Tavsel, Tea Dorogi, Teresa Zuna, Theresa Mary Sowry, Vasilis Papadopoulos, Zeljka Rajkovic

Amnesty International Suisse, Archelon Τhe Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece, Associação Natureza Portugal, Association J’aime ma Planète, Association TAKH, Biom Association, BirdLife International, Capitals Coalition, Centre de Coopération pour la Méditerranée de l’UICN, Comité français de l’UICN, Common Purpose Charitable Trust, Conservation Collective, Conservation Finance Alliance, Council on Economic Policies, Cybelle Planete, EcoAlbania, EuroNatur, Fondation KORA, Fundaçao Tartaruga , Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre, Global Diversity Foundation, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation, Global Penguin Society, Hellenic Ornithological Society, Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature, Impact Hub, IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos, Moroccan Biodiversity and Livelihoods Association, Palestine Wildlife Society, Parc National du Banc d’Arguin, Partenariat Régional pour la Conservation de la zone côtière et Marine, Programme aires protégées d’Afrique et conservation de l’Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature, Southern African Wildlife College, SPEA – Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves, Terra Cypria The Cyprus Conservation Foundation, The African Leadership University, The School of Wildlife Conservation – African Leadership University, TINIGIGUENA – This Land is Ours, Tropical Biology Association, Turtle Foundation, Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN), Vital Ports, Wetlands International, Wetlands International Afrique Côte Occidental et Golfe de Guinée, Wetlands International Europe, World Wide Fund for Nature – Turkey

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