Our Guiding Principles
It is our goal to ensure that all our projects uphold our organizations core values. Whereby we are guided by our core values and principles.
It is our goal to ensure that all our projects uphold our organizations core values. Whereby we are guided by our core values and principles.
In everything, we do, we try to uphold the highest standards of sustainability, including minimizing our ecological footprint, by for example limiting international air travel and the use of four-wheel drive vehicles.
We try to maximize the efficiency of our projects by spending a maximum of 10% of the organization’s budget on overhead costs, so that 90% of the funds is used for project implementation. Additionally, all the board members of our organization work on a voluntary basis.
Through regular reporting to our donors, partners and the public, we are fully transparent and open about the status of our finances and activities.
Instead of bringing in “foreign expertise”, we prioritize capacitating local talented and passionate individuals and organizations, and help them expand their impact.
No need to reinvent the wheel, but instead make use of the wisdom and knowledge of locals and especially indigenous people.
The rights of indigenous and local people living in and around key biodiversity areas need to be respected, and valued and they always need to be a focal point of any conservation project.
Always plan and design projects to maximize long-term success.