How Trusts & Foundations can support us
Our global conservation work would not be possible without the support of our charitable trusts and foundations funders around the world. They make a huge contribution with grant funding for projects and much needed unrestricted support for our two conservation zoos, Institute of Zoology and field conservation work both in the UK and around the world.
What we can achieve with your support
We are facing the first mass extinction of biodiversity since the dinosaurs and studies suggest that the ocean will contain more plastic than fish in the next 30 years. This makes our work more important than ever before.
Examples of the impact we have been able to achieve thanks to our trusts and foundations partners:
The Garden Wildlife Health project aims to monitor the health of – and identify disease threats to – British wildlife, with a particular focus on garden birds, amphibians, reptiles and hedgehogs, helping to inform conservation actions and garden wildlife management advice. This project has been generously supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Garfield Weston Foundation, amongst others.
Across the UK, wild native oysters have declined by over 95%; however healthy oyster beds are hugely productive and help a rich biodiversity of associated species to thrive. With support from Players of People’s Postcode Lottery and the Dream Fund, the ‘Wild Oysters’ project is recreating a habitat for these “ocean superheroes” around the UK coast, helping recover native oyster populations which will in turn see cleaner water, healthier fisheries and plentiful marine biodiversity in Britain.
The Hainan gibbon is the world’s rarest ape, rarest primate, and possibly the rarest mammal species. ZSL is helping develop a more secure future for this Critically Endangered primate through developing new monitoring technologies for the surviving population and reconnecting the fragmented Chinese forest landscape to allow wider gibbon movement and dispersal. This work couldn’t take place without support from the Arcus Foundation.
ZSL London Zoo’s Community Gardens and Outdoor Classroom
London Zoo’s community garden - supported by the Greater London Authority - converted an unused outdoor area into a thriving green space comprising a wildlife garden and food growing space for schools and local community groups. The garden showcases wildlife-friendly, climate-positive horticulture practices while the food growing space provides designated growing areas for visitors to use and enjoy.
