Who Are We

Wildlife 1 Conservancy supports the protection of wildlife and protected areas through communications, training interventions and logistics.

Wildlife is in crisis all over the world, especially in Asia, with many animal and plant species driven closer to extinction every day. In the past 50 years, wildlife populations have plunged by a staggering 70%. Currently 25% of mammals and 40% of amphibians are at risk of extinction with just 3% of the world’s primary ecosystems remaining.

Poverty, corruption, unregulated borders and conflict are fueling the illegal wildlife trade globally and substantially increasing the risk of the next pandemic.

Poaching and the black market trade in wildlife has become a massive, multi-billion dollar global business, with trafficking routes extending from remote national parks and protected areas where animals are extracted to major urban centers where they are sold and consumed.

As biodiversity is destroyed, species are collapsing. Many species are now close to extinction. When one species is lost, the follow on effect threatens all species, including humans. If the issue is not urgently and effectively addressed it will soon be too late to reverse.

With over 20 years of specialist experience in wildlife trade and conservation issues in Asia, Wildlife 1 works in critical areas outside of conventional wildlife conservation landscapes. Ethnic, and non-government controlled areas play key roles in the international trafficking of wildlife. Building working relationships and developing capacity and transparency are keys to conservation success in these areas and beyond.