Fauna & Flora International
Budget
€50,939,328
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
7
0.7 FTE
EU Grants
€1,328,206
Mission & Goals
Our shared purpose is to protect the diversity of life on Earth, for the survival of the planet and its people. We work closely with local conservation partners around the world to save nature, together. We harness this collective expertise to inspire positive change globally. Fauna & Flora has a successful track record in conservation spanning well over a century. We support, sustain and strengthen local nature conservation action. For the survival of species & habitats, the planet & people. We work on the ground with local partners & communities. By aligning our technical skills & experience with their expertise and their local & traditional knowledge, we each play to our strengths for maximum conservation impact. We influence businesses & governments to make informed decisions that benefit nature by addressing impacts that affect our sites and improving global policies & practices, while also ensuring that the voices of those spearheading conservation on the ground are heard.
EU Legislative Interests
Common Fisheries Policy and implementing measures EU ocean pact Regulation on deforestation commodities (EUDR), including Omnibus proposal Habitats and Birds Directives EU budget/MFF Nature Restoration Law Regulation on preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution EU aid/Development Funding EU positions in relation to multilateral environmental agreements, e.g. Convention on international trade in endangered species (CITES), Convention on Biological Diversity, Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Water resilience strategy Wildlife trade policy, including pet trade EU position on One Health and wildlife trafficking
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Founding members of: Cambridge Conservation Initiative (https://www.cambridgeconservation.org/) Conservation Initiative on Human Rights (https://www.thecihr.org/) Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition (https://transformbottomtrawling.org/) Other memberships: International Union for Conservation of Nature (https://iucn.org/) High Conservation Value Resource Network (https://www.hcvnetwork.org/) Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (https://rspo.org/) Nature4Climate (https://nature4climate.org/) Climate Action Network UK (https://climatenetwork.org/) International Ranger Federation (https://www.internationalrangers.org/) Universal Ranger Support Alliance (https://www.ursa4rangers.org/) Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (https://responsiblemining.net/) ResponsibleSteel - member and Civil Society representative on Board of Directors (https://www.responsiblesteel.org/) Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – Civil Society member Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure – member of the TNFD Forum (https://tnfd.global/) International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (https://www.iscc-system.org/) United Nations accreditations/affiliations: - Consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council since 1973 (under Organizations placed on the Roster by action of the Secretary-General) - Accreditation as an observer to the governing body of UN Environment - Accredited as observers to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - Observer status with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Fauna & Flora acts as the Secretariat for UNESCO's Rapid Response Facility to protect natural World Heritage sites in times of crisis (https://whc.unesco.org/en/rapidresponse/) - NGO accreditation with the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) - Fauna & Flora is recognised as a Responsible Party for implementation of UN Development Programme projects - Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) –accredited as an Observer organisation Other partnerships/affiliations/associations: International Gorilla Conservation Programme (https://igcp.org/) Endorsing Organisation, New York Forests Declaration (https://forestdeclaration.org/) NGO partner to the Science-Based Target Network (https://sciencebasedtargetsnetwork.org/)
Organisation Members
Fauna & Flora has approx. 2,500 members (in over 100 countries). Fauna & Flora’s members are individuals from the general public who are interested in conservation and wish to pay a membership subscription in support of our international work in this field. See: https://www.fauna-flora.org/support/membership/ Fauna & Flora is headquartered in the United Kingdom and is also registered, and has a network of branch offices, in the following locations in which its four regional conservation programmes operate: Asia-Pacific (Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam), Africa (DR Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, South Sudan and Uganda), Americas & Caribbean (Antigua & Barbuda, Belize, Ecuador and Nicaragua), and Eurasia (Cabo Verde, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Romania and Tajikistan). In addition to these branches, which form part of the Charity, Fauna & Flora has related organisations in Australia, Mozambique, Romania, South Africa and the United States of America.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.