SavingSpeciesPreventing extinctions. Restoring nature.

What is SavingSpecies?

• We restore biodiversity to stop extinctions

– What do we do?

– Where do we do it?

– Who are we?

• How do we do save species?

– Science and technology

– Rigorous project review

– Grass-roots outreach

Where we do it

• Ongoing or completed projects:

– Brazil

– Colombia

– Madagascar

• Prospective projects

– Kenya

– Guatemala

– India

METHODOLOGYProject identification, management and tracking

What we do

• Stopping extinctions is our only objective

– Use GIS to focus on biodiversity hotspots most vulnerable to destruction with rarest species

– All projects reviewed and endorsed by the world’s top conservation scientists

– Allow donors to allocate all funds to projects

– All funds go to in-country NGOs for land purchase and participation of local communities

– Calculate donors’ carbon offsets

Use GIS

• Use GIS to focus on biodiversity hotspots most vulnerable to destruction with rarest species

• Use GIS to identify key corridor areas to connect habitat

SavingSpecies VP Clinton Jenkins created stunning new maps highlighting density of endangered species around the world

Rigorous project review

• Projects are reviewed and endorsed by the world’s top conservation scientists

• Rigorously review project proposals

– Focus on cheap, degraded land

– Find areas to re-connect larger patches

– Identify reliable in-country NGOs

Project review and oversight

• Science Advisory Board– Stuart Pimm

– E. O. Wilson

– Tom Lovejoy

– Peter Raven

– Pat Wright

• Executive Officers– Stuart Pimm, President

– Clinton Jenkins, Vice-President

Connect, Protect, Restore

• A simple metaphor for what we do

– CONNECT forest patches

– PROTECT species, habitats and local livelihoods

– RESTORE nature and biodiversity

WHO WE ARE

Conservation expertise and

scientific credibility

Science Advisory Board: Stuart Pimm

• Stuart Pimm, President of Saving Species and Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology at Duke University

– Author of The Balance of Nature? and The World According to Pimm: a Scientist Audits the Earth

– Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

– Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, 2006

– Tyler Environmental Prize, 2010

Science Advisory Board: E. O. Wilson

• Edward O. Wilson, Professor Emeritus and Honorary Curator in Entomology, Harvard University

– Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction (two time winner)

– Author of The Diversity of Life, Biophilia, The Future of Life and The Creation

– Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

– National Medal of Science

Science Advisory Board: Tom Lovejoy

• Thomas Lovejoy, Biodiversity Chair of the Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment– World Bank’s Chief Biodiversity Advisor

– Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior

– World Wildlife Fund Executive Vice President

– Founder of the public television series Nature

– Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Science Advisory Board: Peter Raven

• Peter Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden– National Academy of Sciences (US)

– Fellow of the Royal Society

– International Prize for Biology (Japan)

– International Environmental Leadership medal (UN)

– Volvo Environment Prize

– Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Science Advisory Board: Pat Wright

• Dr. Patricia Wright, Professor of Anthropology at State University of New York, Stony Brook.

– MacArthur Foundation “genius award”

– Madagascar’s National Medal of Honor

– Executive Director, Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments

Donors allocate funds to projects

• Allow donors to allocate all funds to projects

• Raise funds through grass-roots support

NGOs purchase land• All funds go to in-

country NGOs for land purchase

• Local community participation

• Projects restore and protect corridor areas

We look for land like this…

…and restore it to this.

Restoration project to help the golden lion tamarin.

BEFORE

AFTER

Calculate carbon offsets

• Restoration of degraded land offsets more carbon than conservation of comparable pristine areas

• Carbon sequestration rate ≈ 5 tons of carbon per hectare per year

• For 30 years = 150 tons of carbon

• Cost of land < $600 per hectare

• Carbon recovery cost ≈ $4 per ton

Carbon footprint calculatorWebsite widget allows users to calculate total carbon emissions to figure how much to donate to offset carbon emissions.

• Donors can see land purchases on Google Earth and see the forest recover.

DOCUMENTING SPECIES DIVERSITY

SavingSpecies’ team documenting bird and

amphibian diversity in the Colombian Andes

Photo credit: D. Blinken

Photo credit: D. Blinken

Photo credits: D. Blinken

Bronzy Inca (Coeligena coeligena)

Bird species at La Mesenia, SavingSpecies’ Colombia project site

Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)

Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus)Golden-winged Manakin (Masius chrysopterus)

Buff-tailed coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens)

Photo credit: D. Blinken

FUND-RAISING & OUTREACH

Grassroots and social media outreach

to raise funds and awareness

Grassroots Outreach

• Website• Social media

– Facebook – Twitter– LinkedIn – Google Plus– Pinterest– YouTube

• Fundraisers– NYC – May 15, 2013– Email and social campaigns– Crowdrise

SavingSpecies Website

Facebook

More than 3,000 Likes.

Twitter

Almost 1,000 followers. More than 4,500 tweets.

LinkedIn

Almost 9,000 group members

Online Curated News

• Scoop.it

• Paper.li

Email newsletter

Fundraisers

• Christmas 2012 Email Campaign

• NYC – Dreams of the Last Butterflies Partnership

• Love Life Valentine’s Day Campaign

NYC Dreams of the Last Butterflies Fundraiser

• Partnered with NYC performing artists

• Hosted 25 guests

SUCCESSES

Accomplishments with minimal

administrative budget

Brazil Golden Lion Tamarin

• Provided funds for NGO to purchase 140 ha of land

• Employed local people in reforestation effort

• Restored area incorporated into UniãoBiological Reserve

• Golden lion tamarins and evidence of puma activity observed in the restored area

Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)

Madagascar Bamboo Lemur

• Reforested conservation area

– 3,000+ tree saplings comprising 19 species planted on 20 hectares of degraded land

• Employing locals for fire prevention of a 1,000 ha area

• Inspired engagement of local people

– Local landowners offered additional plots of land for future tree planting

Brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus)

We STILL need your help!

• We have:– Great science

– Distinguished scientist

– Awesome projects

– Passionate volunteers

• We can’t save species without your help:– Please donate today.

– It’s tax-deductible and donors can allocate all funds to support projects

BUT

Contact info

www.savingspecies.org

info@savingspecies.org

919 662 1618

SavingSpecies, Inc.5625 Sunset Lake Rd. #12Holly Springs, NC 27540