Your Vote is Changing the World for Animals.

We need your help. $75,000 of membership revenue is sent to support employee-championed field conservation around the world.

Based on your votes, the top three projects below will receive full funding. The remaining project ranking will help us determine how to allocate the rest of the funds. From the crowned cranes to the black bears, your membership helps make funding these projects possible. Thank you for helping us make the world a better place!

Here are the exciting results of this year’s vote!

2021 Projects Explained

Support more agroforestry to protect OKAPI habitat - $23,840

PARTIALLY FUNDED at $13,225
19% of the votes

In a continued partnership with the Okapi Conservation Project (OCP), this grant will provide farmers with tools, seeds, natural fertilizers, and education in sustainable agriculture practices. Funds will also support reforestation in the region. Found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, okapi are threatened by slash-and-burn agriculture and poaching. This program empowers local communities to produce food sustainably, safeguard water resources, and generate income, while reducing their economic dependence on mining and poaching, thus protecting okapi in the long run. Over the last year, OCP has distributed over 65,000 kg of seedlings and over 62,000 kg of food seeds to more than 900 farmers in the region. Even more exciting, they have been visited by a wild okapi, which is extremely rare.

Continue the banding, monitoring, and protection of CROWNED CRANES - $14,595

PARTIALLY FUNDED at $3,675
10% of the votes

This grant will fund the banding of 100 East African crowned crane chicks and support data collection to guide future conservation efforts for this species. This project will also establish a Crane Custodian Program, training local community members to advocate for and assist with crane data collection – a crucial component of crane conservation, especially during COVID-related travel restrictions. Found in Kenya, the East African crowned crane has seen a dramatic decrease in population over the last four years. In a continued partnership, the International Crane Foundation and the Leiden Conservation Foundation are collaborating to learn more about this species in order to stabilize its population.

These funds are only possible because of your membership.

Not only do your Quarters for Conservation (Q4C) tokens help distribute $75,000 to conservation, but your vote today will decide which additional field conservation efforts receive funding this year. Thank you for your dedication to conservation in the wild.

You’re our conservation heroes!