Founded in 2007, ICFC is a registered Canadian charity (Charitable Registration # 85247 8189 RR0001) Directors: Anne B. Lambert John B. McWilliams, QC Thomas G. Welch Kayapo Program Director and Tropical Ecologist: Barbara Zimmerman, PhD Our mission: To advance the long-term preservation of nature and biodiversity by: (i) furthering the protection of natural ecosystems at the landscape scale; (ii) countering degradation of natural ecosystems; and (iii) promoting the restoration or recovery of natural ecosystems, where appropriate; while taking into consideration human interests, including those of local communities. Annual reports will be posted online when available. Our annual returns our viewable through Canada Revenue Agency. ICFC P.O. Box 40 Chester NS B0J 1J0 CANADA Our logo depicts a male long-tailed manakin, as illustrated by Dana Gardner in A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica.

About ICFC The International Conservation Fund of Canada (ICFC) is the first1 Canadian non-governmental organization to focus on conserving nature outside of Canada. Threats to wild nature are greatest in the tropics and in low-income nations — countries that have the least financial means to address conservation needs. Our work is focussed on those areas. Canadians and people everywhere benefit from the conservation of wilderness and important natural areas. Nature conservation is a superb investment, addressing many of our worst problems: climate change (to which deforestation and forest degradation is a major contributor), rapid extinction of species (the rate is still accelerating), deteriorating fish stocks and marine ecosystems worldwide, and loss of the highly valuable ecosystem services provided by natural areas, with resulting impacts including degradation of agricultural areas, flooding, droughts and desertification. More fundamentally, we believe that our species has a moral imperative to curtail our ongoing destruction of the natural world. As a new organization, we have decided to make use of individuals and organzations that have experience and a good track record in international conservation, using them as agents to help carry out projects and programs that we wish to undertake. Our selection criteria for the work we undertake are distinct from those of most conservation organizations. Donors to ICFC may suggest conservation projects or geographic areas of particular interest to them, and these suggestions will be considered. We also welcome input from others working in conservation ([>] Provide input). We appreciate your interest and support. Together, Canadians can make a positive difference.   1   Apart from the World Fisheries Trust, "dedicated to the equitable and sustainable use and conservation of aquatic biodiversity" within Canada and around the world, and two very small organizations: COTERC, which runs a field station in Costa Rica, and the Tropical Conservancy, which publishes the quarterly Biodiversity.