We hear you, loud and clear. Below is a compilation of your most frequently asked questions and our best answers. We hope you find this document useful, but please Contact Us directly if you cannot find the information you need.

Jobs, Careers and Volunteering

• Where can I find out about jobs/volunteer/internship opportunities at CI?
• Where can I get information about the required education and experience for a career in conservation?
• I applied for a job through the CI website. How can I follow up on my application?

Funding/partnerships

• What are your funding programs and how do I apply for funding?
• Do you offer student funding or individual grants?
• How can I learn more about a potential partnership or collaboration with CI?

Programs and Education

• How can I get information on Ecotourism?
• Where can I find information about the biodiversity hotspots?
• How can I educate my students on the importance of conservation and biodiversity?
• How can I find information for a research paper?

Where we Work/ About Us/General/Contacting

• How do I contact a department or person within your organization?
• I would like to report an address change.
• There is an environmental problem in my neighborhood/region. What can CI do to help?
• Can CI buy the land that I have available for sale?
• I would like to interview someone from CI or have a speaker come to my event or school.
• I offer a service or product I think would be useful to your organization.

Membership/Donations

• How can I support CI?
• How can I become a member of CI?
• What tax benefits come from donating to CI?
• How can I unsubscribe from CI's emails?
• How can I manage my account with CI or notify you of a change of e-mail address?

Publications and websites

• Where can I find a copy of CI’s annual report?
• Can I obtain a print version of your annual reports?
• Can I obtain the print version?
• I would like to use a photo/map/graphic I saw on CI’s website.
• I would like to reprint a story I saw on CI’s website or in the Conservation Frontlines magazine.
• I would like to link to CI’s website
• I would like to report an error on your website.
• I am a journalist/producer/writer and I would like to do a story about CI

Jobs, Careers, and Volunteering

Q: Where can I find out about job/volunteer/internship opportunities at CI?
A: For information about career opportunities at Conservation International, please see our Careers page. Job and internship opportunities are updated regularly. If you are seeking a position that is not listed on the page above, or if the deadline is passed, then the position is no longer available. CI does not offer volunteer opportunities in the field; any volunteer positions available at CI headquarters will be listed on the jobs page. Online application is available through the Employment page. Resumes sent through the Contact Us form or to inquiry@conservation.org will not be considered.

Q: Where can I get information about the required education and experience for a career in conservation?
A: You can view the experience and education requirements for jobs currently available at CI on our Employment page. You can also find ideas about conservation careers on our Investigate Biodiversity Careers page or from our team.

Q: I applied for a job through the CI website. How can I follow up on my application?
A: Our hiring manager will contact applicants as appropriate. If you feel there has been a technical error with your online submission, please use the Contact Us form to verify that your application has been received.

Funding/Partnerships

Q: What are your funding programs and how do I apply for funding?
A: CI is a field-based organization that believes strongly in building alliances with partner institutions, but we are not a grant maker in the manner of a foundation or other traditional funding source. Instead, CI manages several specific innovative funding mechanisms. We encourage you to learn more about them to determine your eligibility:

• The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is a catalyst creating strategic working alliances among diverse groups, combining unique capacities and eliminating duplication of efforts for a comprehensive, coordinated approach to conservation challenges. The CEPF website provides application guidelines for on-the-ground, community, and grassroots groups working where biodiversity is at greatest risk.

• Global Conservation Fund (GCF) is a unique funding mechanism that serves as a well-capitalized pool of financial resources to create and endow the management of new protected areas in the world’s most biologically important regions. The Fund aims to leverage additional investments by working with partners, including existing conservation trust funds and land trusts, and by securing additional financial resources from public and private donors. Visit the application form.

• Verde Ventures does not provide grants; it makes debt and equity investments of $25,000-$250,000 in small and medium-sized enterprises ($5 million or less in assets) that are strategically important to conservation.

Q: Do you offer student funding or individual grants?
A: Conservation International does not fund individual grants, including assistance for continuing education, thesis research, travel, or private business ventures.

Q: How can I learn more about a potential partnership or collaboration with CI?
A: To inquire about potential partnerships or collaborations, please visit the websites below and use their "Contact Us" forms.
For collaborations related to:

• Science and research: www.biodiversityscience.org
• Business, private sector: www.celb.org
• Conservation funding: www.cepf.net

Programs and Education

Q: How can I get information on Ecotourism?

A: For information about Ecotourism, visit CI’s ecotourism page, which includes links to other websites for more information. For an answer to a specific question about ecotourism, please write to ecotour@conservation.org.

Q: Where can I find information about the biodiversity hotspots?
A: Information about Earth’s biodiversity hotspots is available at www.biodiversityhotspots.org. For a specific question about the hotspots, please write to hotspots@conservation.org.

Q: How can I educate my students on the importance of conservation and biodiversity?
A: CI has several websites designed to be a helpful resource for teachers and students. For a complete list, please visit CI Sites.

Of particular interest might be:

• Investigate Biodiversity: This website includes resources for anyone interested in conservation, including students and teachers: science project ideas and guidelines, interviews with CI employees, advice for pursuing careers in conservation, and a quiz for determining your ecological impact with tips on how to be more eco-friendly. Investigate Biodiversity also has online expeditions, which include details about our expedition teams, science tools, and conservation issues, as well as the species in the region.

• Conservation Features: CI's in-depth features and news offer timely and relevant information about conservation efforts around the world.

• Biodiversity Hotspots: This website explains the biodiversity hotspots strategy followed by Conservation International and gives detailed scientific information about the species, threats, and conservation action in each hotspots region -- some of the most remarkable yet threatened places on Earth. It offers a searchable database of endemic endangered species and is rich with maps, images, and data.

• Explore Madagascar: This website was designed for a younger audience, featuring games, downloads, and more information about the island hotspot of Madagascar. It also has videos featuring landscapes, lemurs, Malagasy culture, and more.

You can also sign up for regular email updates from Conservation International. You'll receive notice of conservation news and events around the world, as well as opportunities to take action, such as participating in live online chats with conservation experts. Join now!

Q: How can I find information for a research paper?
A: Conservation.org is rich with information for you. We recommend you search the site using our Sitemap to browse by topic, or our Search engine to explore all of CI's sites by keyword. For help in your search, please use our Contact Us form. We will do our best to respond to your request. Please be aware that the more specific your research question is, the less likely we are to have the information generally available on our website. If you have a question for staff in a specific department or CI scientists we can forward your request, but our staff is very busy and may not be able to get back to you in time for your assignment. It may be helpful to include the due date of your project in your email.

Where We Work/ About CI/General/Contacting CI

Q: How do I contact a department or person within your organization?
A: To contact a CI employee or department, please use our Contact Us form. We will forward your message accordingly. For privacy and security reasons, CI does not publish staff or field offices addresses. We do not have forwarding information for former CI employees, CI partners or spokespeople, or for members of our Board of Directors or Chairman's Council. To contact a current CI employee by mail, please use the main office address:

Q: I would like to report an address change.
A: To report your change of address, please write to membership@conservation.org. Be sure to include your name, your current address, and your former address.

Q: There is an environmental problem in my neighborhood/region. What can CI do to help?
A: We focus our conservation efforts in areas known as biodiversity hotspots, wilderness areas, and key marine regions – places with the highest levels of species and threats, and places where we know our conservation dollars can save the most species. Learn more about these unique places.

Q: Can CI buy the land I have available for sale?
A: CI supports governments and communities in their efforts to manage important conservation lands for biodiversity, but we do not directly purchase land. Unfortunately, CI cannot contact or recommend any potential buyers for your land.

Q: I would like to interview someone from CI or have a speaker come to my event or school.
A: If you are interested in a specific project, topic, region, or department, we will gladly forward your speaking request to the appropriate CI expert. It is the individual decision of our staff members to accept your request. We do not have the resources to arrange for general speakers from our offices.

Q: I offer a service or product I think would be useful to your organization.
A: If there is a specific project, person, region, or department you feel would directly benefit or be interested in your service, we will gladly forward your information to the relevant contact. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to review every such offer, especially those not directly related to conservation.

Membership/Donations

Q: How can I support CI?
A: To make a donation or to learn how your support will help CI in our efforts to save the irreplaceable, visit our Support page.

You can find information on:

• ways to give, including monthly contributions, estate plans, and more;
• levels of membership, including CI’s Emerald Circle and the Future of Life Society;
• CI Events

Q: How can I become a member of CI?
A: You can become a member of Conservation International in several ways. Make a gift to CI and help ensure that our work can continue. Visit Ways to Give for more information.

Additionally, you can join CI’s free online community to receive conservation news and updates by email as well as exclusive offers and invitations to events, such as CI Live discussions. To subscribe, visit http://www.conservation.org/subscribe.

Q: What tax benefits come from donating to CI?
A: We recommend that you consult your attorney or tax advisor about how tax benefits may apply to your specific situation. Donations to CI, a 501(c)(3) charity, are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. CI's tax identification number is: 52-1497470. You can find out all the ways to give by clicking here.

Q: How can I unsubscribe from CI’s emails?
A: If you wish to stop receiving our conservation news updates via email, use the “unsubscribe” link located at the bottom of every email. You may also send an email to inquiry@conservation.org to request that your account be unsubscribed.

Q: How can I manage my account with CI or notify you of a change of e-mail address?
A: You can update your email address and email preferences by clicking the links at the bottom of every email message from CI. You can also login at http://getinvolved.conservation.org/login using your username and password to update your profile or change your email preferences.

Publications and websites

Q: Where can I find a copy of CI’s annual report?
A: Our latest annual report is available electronically from our Annual Report page.

Annual reports from previous years are available in PDF format upon request through our Contact Us form.

Q: Can I obtain a print version of your annual reports?
A: A print version of our most recent annual report is sent to all CI donors. To conserve paper, CI does not make available an archive of past years’ annual reports in print form.

Q: I would like to use a photo/map/graphic I saw on CI’s website.
A: To request permission to use CI graphic content for nonprofit purposes, please write to webeditor@conservation.org.

Q: I would like to reprint a story I saw on CI’s website or in the Conservation Frontlines magazine.
A: Most of the content you see on Conservation.org, including text and photos, is available for syndication through Mochila. For permissions to reprint, you may also write to webeditor@conservation.org with the name of your publication, your circulation or audience information, and the specific story you would like to reprint.

Q: I would like to link to CI’s website.
A: Please feel free to include a link to Conservation.org on your site, though in most cases, we will be unable to create a reciprocal link on ours. Our internal linking policy requires a direct relation to the text on a particular page. We do not have a general links page.

Q: I would like to report an error on your website.
A: Thank you for your attention to detail and concern for the accuracy of our site. Please report the problem through our Contact Us form or write to webteam@conservation.org. It would be helpful to include a description of the problem, as well as the address (URL) of the page you saw it on. We will address the problem as quickly as possible.

Q: I am a journalist/producer/writer and I would like to do a story about or involving CI.
A: Please write to media@conservation.org with information about your publication and the story you would like to write.

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