Join the Emerald Circle.

Named after the lush forested band around the Earth's equator that is rich in biodiversity, the Emerald Circle is a special community of donors who have made a significant commitment to advance CI's work.

With annual gifts of $1,000 or more, Emerald Circle members provide CI with the core financial support we need to fulfill our mission.

What does your gift mean for nature — and for the people who depend on it?

$1,000 — Give at this level »

Your gift of $1,000 could support important projects like:

 
  • the purchase of 500 tags to mark sea turtles in the Philippines for scientific study
  • the purchase of binoculars, night-vision technology and GPS units for 3 traditional Hawaiian fishing villages — to monitor illegal night-time fishing activities
  • the purchase of 2 camera traps to monitor tropical forest mammals

    • Photo: A hawksbill turtle equipped with a satellite tag after nesting in El Salvador. © Alexander Gaos

     

$2,500 — Give at this level »

Your gift of $2,500 could support vital projects like:

 
  • funding for a community engagement program in rural Cambodia that supports conservation efforts and awareness
  • the purchase of a radio tag to track the location and movement of whale sharks in Raja Ampat, Indonesia
  • the writing and translation of educational materials that help make Marine Protected Areas possible in Samoa

    • Photo: Local children of a village in the Central Cardamoms, Cambodia. © CI/Photo by Jake Brunner

$5,000 — Give at this level »

Your gift of $5,000 could support critical projects like:

 
  • the provision of resources that a local community in Cambodia needs to protect its natural resources for a year
  • the operation of a cooperative that offers marketing support for fair-trade, climate-sensitive coffee in Indonesia
  • 1 year of community engagement for the protection of the critically endangered Madagascar big-headed turtle

    • Photo: A Sumatran woman picks coffee beans during annual harvest in Indonesia. © CI/Photo by M. Candra Arief

$10,000 — Give at this level »

Your gift of $10,000 could support imperative projects like:

 
  • the installation of a climate station in a remote tropical forest where no climate data is available
  • the purchase of improved cages for 5 aquaculture producers — reducing the mortality rate of their fish and feeding more people
  • the purchase of 20 infrared camera traps for a study of tigers in China and Laos

    • Photo: Salmon (Salmonidae) aquaculture farms, Hyenfjorden, Norway. © Bill Broadhurst/FLPA/Minden Pictures

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For more information on the Emerald Circle, please contact Charlotte Mikk, Director of Annual Giving, at cmikk@conservation.org or by phone at (703) 341-2497.