ConservationVIP’s Impact
Since 2008 ConservationVIP® has led more than 1,800 volunteers on conservation trips to some of the world’s greatest landscapes and cultural heritage sites to volunteer on important conservation and preservation projects. ConservationVIP’s impact can be seen in the many benefits provided to these destinations. We have also helped our destinations with some special projects. These hands-on, conservation activities helped protect critical habitat and biodiversity, and conserved cultural heritage sites of great significance. Our activities helped the communities as well as having a positive environmental impact. Clearly, our organization’s unique approach has led to ConservationVIP’s impact extending far beyond the numbers.
ConservationVIP’s Impact Report
We invite you to read our 2024 Impact Report. This report summarizes ConservationVIP’s conservation activities in 2024 and our cumulative impact since 2008. After every volunteer trip, we prepare a trip report. These individual trip reports capture the accomplishments on each trip and provide the basis for the statistics in the impact report. You can find the reports on the destination specific pages of this website. Notably, the ConservationVIP’s impact report demonstrates how our impact has grown over the years.
Trip Reviews help tell our story
Some of ConservationVIP’s important impacts are hard to capture with numbers. For example, we offer genuinely sustainable travel options. How do we capture the benefits of helping public lands in places where there is no history of visitors helping them? Is there a way to capture the impact of travelers arriving as strangers and leaving as friends? How do the local people and travelers feel when they share effort to benefit the local destination and people? What about the satisfaction and joy at the outcome? These impacts are very tough to measure. To convey some of these intangibles, our impact report includes excerpts from some of the trip reviews written by our travelers who were kind enough to prepare a review of their experiences. You can find all the trip reviews on the destination pages on this website. Furthermore, through these stories, ConservationVIP’s impact resonates with both volunteers and local communities.
We hope you find this report helpful and informative. To all of our volunteers and contributors – thank you for everything you give to achieve our mission and unique impact! Ultimately, ConservationVIP’s impact would not be possible without your continued support and dedication.