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Corporate Voices for Biodiversity Science

One of the most important conservation issues we face is that, when it comes to making investment and policy decisions, society has been moving away from a science-driven approach. Issues like climate change, quality and quantity of water, and invasive species are all pressing threats to ecosystem services that depend on the diversity of life, and now is not the time to be making blind decisions about the sustainability of our earth’s natural resources.

The Role of Business

Forward-looking corporations recognize that the impending loss of ecological support systems needs to be addressed now, in a clear and targeted way. In order to avoid, minimize, restore, or mitigate these threats effectively and at the least cost, businesses have to use reliable data.

The Need for Science

The world is rapidly changing as people become more mobile and have the means to create large-scale landscape changes over just a few decades—an evolutionary blink of the eye. Information about species and ecosystem conditions and distributions can go out of date quickly in the dynamic landscapes where businesses source their materials, build their infrastructure, and recruit their employees.

The Sustained Health of Biodiversity

If we do not invest in keeping up our data, if we do not maintain this precious information resource, business decisions intended to improve sustainability could potentially have little or no impact. We must use our knowledge to maximize the benefits of our choices so that the most imperiled species are preserved, and the most vulnerable ecosystems maintain their valued functions.

For more information contact Stephen Chrochet, Vice President of Development, 703-908-1858.

We invite all corporations that wish to support the use of sound biodiversity science to add their voices to the conversation by giving an unrestricted gift to NatureServe. Join “Corporate Voices for Biodiversity Science” at one of the following levels today:

Annual Fee Benefits
$10,000

  • Participate in annual “Corporate Voices for Biodiversity Science” meeting/webinar focused on current biodiversity science issues, emerging needs for champions for science, and opportunities for collaboration
  • Recognition on the “Corporate Voices for Biodiversity Science” webpage and related emails, press releases, and promotional materials
  • Use of NatureServe logo and mention of participation in Corporate Voices for company website, sustainability report, and other materials
  • Recognition in NatureServe annual report
  • Certificate of Recognition

$25,000 - All of the benefits above, plus:

  • Participate in “Tools Nature Needs” meetings/webinars focused on current technologies that assist corporations in making science-based conservation decisions, on the gaps in knowledge and utility, and the challenges and solutions in addressing those gaps
  • Hands-on assistance with Conservation Walks program
  • Annual story/column for inclusion in your company newsletter (print or email version), drafted by NatureServe
  • Recognition item for office (small)

$50,000 - All of the benefits above, plus:

  • Expert consultation from NatureServe staff in building biodiversity conservation concerns into corporate activities
  • Presentation to employees on emerging issues in science and conservation
  • Sapphire sponsor status for the NatureServe Biodiversity Without Boundaries Conference
  • Spotlight article about your organization in NatureServe’s Milestones newsletter
  • Recognition item for office (large)