2012 Annual Report - The Nature Conservancy

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Mussel extraction by Chaihuin fishermen in the Valdivia Coastal Reserve, Chile. People have always been crucial to our conservation mission. Even if unspoken, we have always known that we, ourselves, are the ultimate beneficiaries of nature’s bounty and her continued health. Today, as more of the world’s growing population migrates to urban centers and nature seems more distant, it is necessary to call attention to the many ways people—all people—depend on nature for our physical and spiritual well-being. Many of us love nature for its own sake, and that is reason enough to safeguard the habitat of a blind cave salamander. But there are practical reasons for protecting nature, too. Safeguarding the habitat of the blind cave salamander also protects the underground aquifer that provides people’s drinking water. Protecting orangutans and the tropical forest they inhabit can also lower greenhouse gas emissions and help keep the atmosphere and sea levels stable. In the following pages, we demonstrate how nature matters to a range of people whose lives have been touched by work of the Conservancy and our partners. Nature feeds us, quenches our thirst, supports our health, creates clean air and provides the energy that powers our economy and the inspiration that feeds our souls. It’s not selfish to conserve nature for people; it’s simply a recognition that nature is part of us and we are part of it. Your support of conservation and The Nature Conservancy is an investment in your own wellbeing and the nature that will matter to generations that follow. Teresa Beck Co-Chair, Board of Directors Steve A. Denning Co-Chair, Board of Directors 8 The Nature Conservancy I nature.org
NATURE PROTECTS NOURISHES STRENGTHENS INSPIRES EMPOWERS QUENCHES MATTERS Nature Matters I The Nature Conservancy 9
Page 1 and 2: PROTECTS NOURISHES STRENGTHENS INSP
Page 3 and 4: A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT A NEW
Page 5 and 6: THE YEAR IN CONSERVATION Protecting
Page 7 and 8: THE YEAR IN CONSERVATION Using Natu
Page 9: THE YEAR IN CONSERVATION Expanding
Page 13 and 14: CTS The air we breathe is shared wi
Page 15 and 16: NATURE PROTECTS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
Page 17 and 18: NATURE PROTECTS OUR TRADITIONS Fire
Page 19 and 20: Bread, meat, milk and wine do not c
Page 21 and 22: NATURE NOURISHES OUR DREAMS Marisa
Page 23 and 24: NATURE NOURISHES OUR FARMLANDS “
Page 25 and 26: NATURE NOURISHES COMMUNITIES Thomas
Page 27 and 28: ENS A healthy natural world and hea
Page 29 and 30: NATURE STRENGTHENS OUR FUTURE Susan
Page 31 and 32: NATURE STRENGTHENS OUR HEALTH 51% o
Page 33 and 34: RESas a Nature provides many tangib
Page 35 and 36: NATURE INSPIRES ART Andrei Kushnir
Page 37 and 38: NATURE INSPIRES ACTION Margaret Lou
Page 39 and 40: WERS Whether cooking our food, heat
Page 41 and 42: NATURE EMPOWERS OUR CITIES Zhao Yim
Page 43 and 44: NATURE EMPOWERS OUR HOMES Nature Ma
Page 45 and 46: ES Water is life. That’s an adage
Page 47 and 48: Dr. Samuel M. ‘Ohukani’ohi’a
Page 49 and 50: WATER REQUIRES OUR VIGILANCE WATER
Page 51 and 52: Preston Jimmerson Camilla, Georgia
Page 53 and 54: Financial Summary For the fiscal ye
Page 55 and 56: The Nature Conservancy Leadership T

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