About Conservation Resource Community
Protecting Nature for prosperity
Conservation Resource Community (CRC)
The Conservation Resource Community (CRC) is a nongovernmental organization established as an expansion of the work originally undertaken by the Centre for Research Cooperation, founded in 2020. The Centre for Research Cooperation has historically implemented both philanthropic initiatives and other research and development-oriented activities.
In 2025, the Management of the Centre for Research Cooperation resolved to transition all new philanthropic and community-support activities to a dedicated nonprofit arm. This decision led to the establishment of the Conservation Resource Community (CRC), created to strengthen the organization’s focus on social development, environmental stewardship, and nature conservation.
CRC’s philanthropic portfolio includes providing scholarships to students, mentoring and empowering youth, delivering skills-based tutoring, and supporting the creation of small enterprises aimed at addressing social, environmental, and conservation challenges.
One of the flagship initiatives currently being implemented is the Northern Loliondo Rangeland Restoration Project. This project aims to rehabilitate the highly degraded rangelands of Northern Loliondo, an area severely impacted by climate change and other environmental pressures. The overarching goal is to enhance the climate resilience of local communities by restoring ecosystem functions and promoting sustainable land management practices. Through ecosystem-based adaptation interventions, the project seeks to reduce the negative impacts of climate change and strengthen the adaptive capacity and well-being of the communities that rely on these rangelands.
Conservation Resource Community (CRC) Mission & Vision
Vision Statement
A flourishing nation where people and nature coexist in harmony. We nurture a sustainable and prosperous future, ensuring lasting well-being for generations to come through responsible stewardship.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to protect and restore natural ecosystems while empowering Indigenous and local communities with the knowledge and skills to ensure the long-term sustainability of the environment.
Empowering Indigenous communities is not just an act of inclusion — it is a strategic necessity for effective and sustainable biodiversity conservation. When local people benefit from, participate in,and take pride in protecting wildlife, both human welfare and ecological integrity thrive together.
Protecting and restoring forests is not only an environmental necessity but also a moral responsibility — to safeguard biodiversity, stabilize the climate, and sustain life on Earth.
Monitoring biodiversity allows us to detect threats early, understand ecosystem health, and implement effective conservation strategies. Protecting it ensures the survival of life on Earth,
including human life, while maintaining ecological, economic, and cultural benefits.
Our Key Functions
To empower Indigenous and local communities through alternative
livelihoods, improved climate resilience, wildlife coexistence skills,
microeconomic development, and vocational training.
To promote biodiversity conservation by raising community awareness,
strengthening conservation skills, and highlighting the value of natural capital
for sustainable living.
To conserve natural resources through forest and rangeland restoration and by
supporting research that advances wildlife conservation and sustainable
ecosystem management.
To support Indigenous and local communities through educational donations
and the renovation of key social and economic infrastructure.
Join Our Conservation Mission
We are inviting partners from around the world to join us in this important mission. Your support will make a meaningful difference for the future of our planet.