Our Role
We are a trusted advisor
We act as a trusted advisor to local, national and global decision-makers, giving them the data, tools, models, connections and counsel they need to better protect healthy ecosystems at a large scale.
We recommend policy and investment solutions that are informed by sound science, local understanding and exploratory projects that are tested on the ground.
We are a champion for nature
With a focus on key nations and international institutions, we are taking a comprehensive approach to integrating the protection of nature into policies. We are also investing to protect healthy ecosystems and the many benefits they provide that are essential to human well-being — from continual access to food, water and other natural resources to political stability and economic success.
The good news is that there is a growing recognition by many nations and institutions of the direct connection between “natural capital” and economic and national security interests, as well as the role of healthy ecosystems in ensuring sustained, equitable improvements in human well-being and social stability.
As the policy center continues to take shape, it is increasingly influencing global conservation policies, priorities and public funding, and helping to amplify CI’s and our partners’ results. Specifically, we help create better policies, more funding and greater amplification by helping decision-makers better understand and value the role that nature plays in creating healthy, prosperous societies.
The work of the policy center is powered by the partnerships we form, from the grassroots level through our work with indigenous peoples’ organizations to the key institutions that have the influence to catalyze a global shift to truly sustainable development. These “global agents of change” include institutions such as the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility, the governments of the United States and of Japan, and the European Union.