ASIA

For over a decade, the Foundation supported efforts to protect and recover tiger populations in key strongholds across most of Asia.

While iconic species such as the tiger do continue to help guide our work, the Foundation now focuses on a broader range of conservation needs, opportunities, and species in the more limited geographic range of Southeast Asia.

These landscapes, such as the Western Forest Complex of Thailand, the Leuser Ecosystem of Sumatra, Indonesia, and the Annamite Mountains of Laos PDR and Vietnam, contain some of the richest and most diverse habitats on Earth. However, they are severely threatened by anthropogenic impacts including poaching, illegal wildlife trade, illegal logging, and development encroachment which impact wildlife populations while posing significant challenges to human communities.

The Foundation is currently exploring additional landscapes in South and Southeast Asia as our Asia grantmaking portfolio grows and evolves. Investments will be focused in areas that include high concentrations of threatened and endemic wildlife, strong local conservation leadership, and other favorable enabling conditions (see ‘Grant Information’ page), where our support will be most impactful.