Nature Conservation: Strategic Priorities
Protect Threatened and Overlooked Biodiversity
What BAND Funds
BAND invests in conserving and calling attention to species that mainstream conservation often leaves behind. We focus on opportunities where dynamic and capable implementing partners exist, our funding can be catalytic, and conservation can tell a broader story about the urgency and importance of protecting nature in all its forms. Examples include:
Amphibians
Amphibians, including frogs, toads and salamanders, are among the most wondrous yet threatened class of vertebrates. Disease, pollution and habitat loss are driving their decline.
Featured Grantee: Synchronicity Earth’s Amphibian Conservation Fund strategically funds local organizations in the world’s most diverse amphibian habitats.
Bats
Bats are some of the most cryptic, magical and misunderstood creatures on Earth. We depend heavily on them for pest control, pollination and seed dispersal.
Featured Grantee: Bat Conservation International’s Agave Restoration Initiative is an integrated bi-national effort to conserve the endangered Mexican long-nosed bat by restoring its primary food source.
Fireflies
Fireflies are an iconic class of invertebrates in deep trouble. Beyond the wonder they inspire, the 140+ species in North America serve as important pest control agents and provide chemicals used in medical diagnostics.
Featured Grantee: The Xerxes Society’s Firefly Atlas is a collaborative effort to better understand and conserve firefly diversity.
Bryophytes
Bryophytes include mosses, liverworts and hornworts. Despite being foundational ecosystem engineers that play a critical role in building soil, preventing erosion and storing carbon, they receive almost no conservation attention.
Featured Grantee: The Bryophyte Conservation Alliance seeks to bring greater appreciation and understanding to these non-vascular plants.
