What Conserve Global does

Conserve Global is a UK-registered charity (no 1195017) and company limited by guarantee (no 12705139), founded in 2020 and headquartered in London, that delivers community-based conservation management across sub-Saharan Africa. The organization focuses on the 'conservation connective tissue' between and around national parks — community conservancies, communal lands, and former trophy hunting concessions — where it provides professional conservation management, governance support, sustainable financing, and livelihoods development under a proprietary Five Pillars Framework (Tenure, Governance, Management, Sustainability, Livelihoods) and a Project Maturity Tracker that progresses projects through listening, enabling conditions, programme implementation, outcomes, and impact.

Field operations are executed through a family of in-country subsidiary entities — Rift Valley Conservation Limited (Kenya/Suguta), Maputo Conservation Company Limitada (Mozambique/Mwai), Kunene Conservation (Namibia/Kunene Highlands), Tondwa Conservation Limited (Zambia/Tondwa), and Conserve Management Limited (UK/adjacent) — under long-term 25-year service level agreements with community conservancy associations and co-management arrangements with government wildlife departments (DNPW Zambia, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife Cameroon, ANAC Mozambique). Five landscapes are currently active across Zambia, Namibia, Mozambique, Cameroon, and Kenya, with three additional pipeline projects (Lucheringo Concession in Mozambique, Lisima Landscape in Angola, and a Regenerative Services joint venture with Natural State and Catalyse on the Laikipia Plateau).

The business model blends grants and donations from institutional donors and foundations, professional-service fees from long-term SLAs with conservancy associations, transaction-based revenue such as conservation lease and hunting quota fees (e.g., Baobab Safaris Limited at Tondwa), and private investment from high-net-worth individuals interested in landscape-scale conservation. The stated impact ambitions are to put 10,000 km² across five countries on a path to better landscape management by 2025 and 30,000 km² across 14 key landscapes on a managed trajectory by 2030. The operating model is designed for handover: the Tondwa Game Management Area was transitioned to self-management in 2025 after four years of Conserve Global support.

Name

Conserve Global

Legal name

Conserve Global

Website

https://conserveglobal.earth

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Conserve Global is a UK-registered charity that delivers community-based conservation management across sub-Saharan Africa, operating five active landscapes in Zambia, Namibia, Mozambique, Cameroon, and Kenya via in-country subsidiaries under long-term service-level agreements with community conservancies and government wildlife departments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Conservation Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

akta.pro primary industry

Biodiversity & Habitat Conservation (BPAGAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Land Trusts & Protected Areas (BPAGAGAC), Wildlife Conservation & Species Protection (BPAGAGAB), Conservation, Restoration & Biodiversity Services (Habitat, Wetlands, Riparian) (IMAMAJAH)

Keywords

• Community conservation
• Wildlife management
• Protected area management
• Conservation governance
• Nature-based livelihoods

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Grants and Donations: Conserve Global is a registered charity (no 1195017) funded through grants, donations, and charitable contributions. The organization receives funding from institutional donors, foundations, and individual supporters to support conservation activities.
2. Service Level Agreements: Long-term service level agreements (e.g., 25-year agreements with conservancy associations) providing conservation development, financing and management services to community conservancies.
3. Conservation Lease and Hunting Fees: Revenue generated through partnerships with hunting operators (e.g., Baobab Safaris Limited pays annual lease fees and license/quota fees for hunting activities in conservation areas).
4. Private Investment: High-net-worth individuals investing in landscape conservation (e.g., Tondwa attracted a high-net-worth individual who wishes to invest significantly in the landscape's long-term future).

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Conserve Global is a registered charity that delivers community-led conservation management services across sub-Saharan Africa, working in the "conservation connective tissue" around national parks. The organization partners with rural communities, community conservancy associations, and government wildlife departments to manage wildscapes, providing conservation management, governance strengthening, sustainable financing, and livelihoods development. Operations are delivered through long-term service level agreements (up to 25 years) and dedicated in-country subsidiary entities across five active project landscapes in Zambia, Namibia, Mozambique, Cameroon, and Kenya.

Product overview

Conserve Global is a registered charity and conservation organization offering a portfolio of integrated conservation services focused on community-led conservation in Africa. Their core offerings include Conservation Management Services, Landscape Services, Local Governance Support, and Ecosystem Function Management—all delivered through a five-pillar framework (Tenure, Governance, Management, Sustainability, Livelihoods). They also provide a proprietary Project Maturity Tracker tool to assess and guide project progress. The organization operates as a service provider to communities and governments, helping to secure and manage wildscapes beyond national parks. Conserve Global does not operate as a traditional product company but rather as an NGO delivering conservation-as-a-service to partner communities across five countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conservation Management Services
• Landscape Services
• Local Governance Support
• Ecosystem Function Management
• Project Maturity Tracker

Quantifiable outcome

• 10,000 km² on path to better landscape management by 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Wild Bird Trust (Fundação Lisima)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2024Engaged in February 2024 to work on the Lisima Landscape, a 155,000 km² area in the Angolan Highlands Water Tower. This is a pipeline project representing significant landscape-scale conservation opportunity.
• National Administration for Conservation Areas (ANAC) - MozambiquecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2024Awarded the Lucheringo Concession (3,458 km²) in the north-western corner of Niassa Special Reserve in February 2024. ANAC is the Mozambican government body responsible for conservation area administration.
• Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Tondwa Game Management Area in Zambia. FZS collaborated with Conserve Global, Department of National Parks and Wildlife, and Nsama Community Resources Board on conservation management, restoration, and community engagement. This partnership contributed to Tondwa's emergence as a conservation success story.
• Natural State and Catalyse Limited (Joint Venture)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partnership to provide a range of services to protected areas on the Laikipia Plateau. Represents a regenerative services initiative expanding Conserve Global's operational footprint.
• Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) - ZambiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner for Tondwa Game Management Area management. DNPW oversees wildlife management in Zambia's protected areas and game management areas.
• Baobab Safaris LimitedminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHunting operator holding the lease for Tondwa for twelve years. Conducts limited hunting safaris and is responsible for annual lease fee and license/quota payments to the community.
• WWF InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured quote from Alice Ruhweza (WWF International) endorsing Conserve Global's approach: 'Conserve is empowering the rightful stewards, the people, to take charge of conservation once again.'

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• WWF International: Largest global conservation NGO with deep African footprint including community-based natural resource management programs. Quoted endorser of Conserve Global and operating partner across overlapping landscapes; broader portfolio but similar community-led conservation work in the same geographies.
• The Nature Conservancy: Global conservation leader with major Africa programs including community-based conservancies and landscape-scale interventions. Comparable in deploying long-term, professionalized management approaches to conservation areas.
• Wildlife Conservation Society: Major global conservation organization with significant presence in Central, Eastern and Southern Africa, partnering with governments on protected area management. Operates similar landscape conservation models across overlapping geographies.
• Conservation International: Global NGO focused on biodiversity hotspots, sustainable financing, and nature-based solutions including community conservancies in Africa. Operates at much larger scale but shares mission alignment around landscape conservation and community partnerships.

Direct peers

• Peace Parks Foundation: Southern Africa-based transboundary conservation NGO that develops and supports community and protected-area management across multiple African landscapes. Directly comparable as it operates the same model of long-term, community-led conservation management partnerships with governments and local institutions.
• African Wildlife Foundation: Africa-focused conservation NGO that invests in landscape conservation, community livelihoods, and wildlife management across key savanna and forest ecosystems. Comparable target geographies, community-led model, and landscape-scale interventions.
• African Parks: Manages 20+ protected areas across Africa via long-term public-private partnerships with governments, providing professional management, law enforcement and community engagement. Directly comparable to Conserve Global's model of taking on multi-decade management mandates for landscapes beyond national parks.
• Frankfurt Zoological Society: Supports protected area management and species conservation across Africa and Latin America, including co-partnership on Tondwa with Conserve Global. Comparable as a Europe-headquartered NGO funding and co-managing community-based conservation landscapes in similar geographies.

Emerging players

• Lion Landscapes: Research-and-action-focused organization working on community-based lion and savanna conservation across East and Southern Africa, with significant overlap on community conservancy models and landscape-scale partnerships.
• Wilderness Foundation: Africa-focused community conservation NGO with a model centered on long-term partnerships with rural communities and integrated conservation-and-development outcomes. Closely comparable in mission and operating approach, with a smaller portfolio footprint than Conserve Global's current landscape ambition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Conserve.Global
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/conserveglobal
• Instagraminstagram.com/conserveglobal/?hl=en

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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