We protect large wild places and create the conditions for their long-term conservation.

We create the conditions that enable large wild places to endure for generations. Effective protected area management, skilled conservation professionals, trusted partnerships, and sustainable long-term funding are all essential. For more than 70 years, FZS has worked to strengthen these foundations. Today, this commitment is reflected in initiatives such as:

The Frankfurt Spring School on Conservation Project Management (FSS) connects the next generation of conservation leaders and equips them with practical skills for international conservation. More than 250 participants from around the world have successfully completed the program.

The Legacy Landscapes Fund helps secure long-term financing for some of the world’s most important natural landscapes.

The Frankfurt Conservation Center brings together experts from conservation, science, government, business, and financeto develop collaborative solutions to the global biodiversity crisis.

We work in large wild places to protect the ecological processes that sustain them. Since the beginning of our conservation work, the area of protected landscapes under our long-term stewardship has grown steadily.

Today, FZS teams work in national parks and protected areas covering a combined area roughly the size of Germany and Switzerland together.

These protected areas are part of much larger landscapes where we work to conserve biodiversity.

The impact of long-term conservation becomes visible in our programs. Each one is unique, yet together they show what is possible: ecosystems retain their natural functions, species return, and people take an active role in protecting nature.

In Kazakhstan, Przewalski’s horses once again roam the steppe after an absence of nearly 200 years.

In northern Peru, Indigenous communities now co-manage the Bajo Putumayo Yaguas Communal Reserve alongside the national protected area authority.

In Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains, we help protect a unique high-altitude ecosystem that provides water for millions of people.

Forests grow over centuries. Wildlife populations recover over generations. Trust between people is built over time.

That’s why we commit for the long term. Many of our partnerships have lasted for decades. This continuity makes much of the progress we see today possible.

In Tanzania, we have been helping protect the Serengeti for more than 70 years.

In Peru, we have been supporting the conservation of Manu National Park and its surrounding landscape for more than 30 years.

In Indonesia, we have been working to conserve the Bukit Tigapuluh landscape for more than 20 years.