Website: http://www.conservation.org

Arlington, VA — Conservation International focuses on science, economics, policy, and community involvement to promote biodiversity conservation in tropical rainforests and other endangered ecosystems worldwide.

It teams up with local communities, indigenous people, corporate leaders, scientists, and government officials to develop conservation strategies that draw on its programs in bio-prospecting, computer mapping, and debt-for-nature swaps.

CI works with businesses to look for pharmaceutical uses for rainforest organisms and to promote the sustainable marketing and development of products using natural resources. It forms corporate partnerships to mobilize resources from companies who share CI's interests in conservation and to educate employees and consumers about the threats to biodiversity.