Using an evidence-based approach
Taking positive action from expert insight
At ZSL, we're a powerful movement of conservationists.
Collaborating with communities on the ground and around the world, we are protecting critical species, restoring healthy ecosystems and inspiring support for nature, all driven by world-leading science. Explore our projects working tirelessly to help wildlife recover:
- Conservation
- Frogs of Fansipan
Vietnam frog conservation
We've helped discover several new species in Vietnam, fixing the knowledge gap of species in Southeast Asia and safeguarding endangered species.
- Platform for sustainability
SPOTT
A free online platform that tracks transparency and supports sustainability across the palm oil, timber and pulp, and natural rubber supply chains.
- Under threat from fishing and habitat degradation
Project SIARC
We’re working at the cutting edge of conservation to protect angel sharks and create practical routes to their recovery.
- Putting the health of our marine ecosystem first
Marine Habitat Restoration
Marine habitats are essential to the health of our marine ecosystem, and hold environmental and social importance, providing valuable ecosystem services.
- The last surviving native parrot in the Mascarenes
Echo parakeet management programme
The echo parakeet was listed as Critically Endangered in the 1980s.
- Allowing the Fody population to develop rapidly
Mauritius Fody recovery program
The fody was once common across Mauritius but experienced a substantial range contraction due to widespread habitat loss and the impacts of introduced mammalian predators.
- Urgently conserving freshwater fish in Europe
Fish Net
Find out more about ZSL's Fish Net programme which was initiated to tackle the extinction crisis affecting the planet’s freshwater fish.
- Understanding strandings
Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP)
The Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP) coordinates the investigation of all cetaceans, marine turtles and basking sharks that strand around the English and Welsh coastline
- Black rhino are listed as a Critically Endangered species
Rhino Impact Investment Project
The Rhino Impact Investment project was developed as a response to the dire predicament of the continent’s rhinoceros populations.
- There are various factors linked to eel population decline
IUCN Anguillid Eel Specialist Group (AESG)
For over 40 years there has been growing concern that all 16 species of freshwater eels (Family Anguillidae) have suffered a decline in numbers.
