Founded in 2007, ICFC is a registered Canadian charity (Charitable Registration # 85247 8189 RR0001) Directors: Anne B. Lambert (Managing Director) John B. McWilliams, QC Thomas G. Welch (Managing Director) Additional Staff: Barbara Zimmerman, PhD Kayapo Program Director and Tropical Ecologist Sarah Jackson, JD, Legal and Research Associate Erin Montague, Volunteer Research Associate [>] More about Staff & Directors Our mission: To advance the long-term preservation of nature and biodiversity in the tropics and other priority areas by: (1)  furthering the protection of natural ecosystems; (2)  countering degradation of natural ecosystems; and (3)  promoting the restoration or recovery of natural ecosystems, where appropriate; while seeking ways to involve local communities and offset the costs of conservation to them. Annual reports: (pdf) — 2010 Annual Report — 2009 Annual Report — 2007-2008 Annual Report 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 first Canadian non-governmental organization to focus solely on conserving nature outside of Canada, although several other Canadian charities1 undertake limited conservation-related work internationally. 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. ICFC makes use of individuals and organzations that have experience and a good track record in international conservation, using them as agents to help carry out carefully chosen projects and programs that we wish to undertake. Our selection criteria for the work we undertake are distinct from those of most conservation organizations. We appreciate your interest and support. Together, Canadians can make a positive difference.   1   These include: the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada, which does wildlife research, education and conservation, with programs focussing on great apes and local communities in central and east Africa, as well as a "Roots and Shoots" program for Canadian youth; World Fisheries Trust, "dedicated to the equitable and sustainable use and conservation of aquatic biodiversity" within Canada and around the world; COTERC, which runs a field station in Costa Rica; the Tropical Conservancy, which publishes the quarterly Biodiversity; WWF-Canada, whose programs are mostly carried out within Canada (98.4% of program spending in the year ending June 2010), but which supported conservation in Cuba during the period 1988-2010; Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, which works mainly in Canada but reported expenditures of ~$130,000 (8.6%) outside Canada in the year ending June 2010. Are we missing any?