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 SuccessImplementation Team
Bill Sutherland
Conservation EvidenceSteering Committee
Charlotte Karibuhoye
MAVA FoundationCo-Lead, Learning Initiative
Daniela Aschenbrenner
Foundations of SuccessImplementation Team
Ilke Tilders
Foundations of SuccessSteering Committee
Julien Sémelin
Cartier PhilanthropyInitiator of the Initiative (formerly with MAVA Foundation)
Lauriane Besse
Foundations of SuccessImplementation Team
Luis Costa
MAVA FoundationMAVA core team
Lynda Mansson
MAVA FoundationSteering Committee
Nick Salafsky
Foundations of SuccessSteering Committee
Nico Boenisch
Foundations of SuccessCo-Lead, Learning Initiative
Paule Gros
MAVA FoundationMAVA core team
Raphaël Billé
Tour du ValatSteering Committee
Rebecca K. Smith
Conservation EvidenceImplementation Team
Salla Ba
MAVA FoundationMAVA core team
Sara Estlander
Foundations of SuccessWebsite & communications products
Silviu Petrovan
Conservation EvidenceImplementation Team
Vladimir Milushev
Foundations of SuccessImplementation Team
Will Morgan
Conservation EvidenceImplementation Team
Xavier Escuté
Foundations of SuccessLead, 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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