Wildlife Works

Wildlife Works is a company dedicated to community-centered wildlife conservation. It uses market-based solutions to protect endangered wildlife and threatened wilderness. Founded on the principle that wildlife conservation must benefit local communities, the company directs financial resources to forest communities. This funding supports economic development while preventing millions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions from entering the atmosphere annually. Its main office is in Mill Valley, California, with additional offices in North Carolina and Vermont in the United States. Internationally, the company has offices in Cambodia, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Kenya, Panama, Tanzania, and the United Kingdom. Wildlife Works creates economic solutions for environmental conservation, financing community conservation efforts in some of the world's most threatened habitats. The organization offers nature-based carbon credits and other tradable conservation financing units to support its projects. One of the company's significant initiatives is the Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which protects 300,000 hectares of rainforest. Another major project is the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project in Kenya, which safeguards 200,000 hectares of dry-land forest. The Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project, Wildlife Works' first project, supports an ecosystem home to 14,000 endangered elephants and other threatened species such as leopards, cheetahs, lions, and the African wild dog. Employing over 1,000 people globally, it is a leader in using REDD+ to combat environmental degradation and reduce deforestation-related emissions. The company channels millions of dollars to indigenous populations in critical forests, ensuring communities benefit from preserving local landscapes and promoting wildlife-friendly development. These payments include direct revenue for self-determined development plans and investments in infrastructure.