The Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) has published its 2025 Annual Report, showcasing the remarkable contributions made towards building the next generation of conservation leaders and overcoming major threats to nature. Explore the report here.
The report outlines the vital projects supported by CLP in 2025: 16 Future Conservationist Awards and 13 Career Placements. These supported 75 aspiring conservationists in leading vital actions towards the protection of 42 globally threatened or data deficient species, such as Kashmir musk deer in Nepal; northern rufous hornbills in the Philippines; great tiger-nut trees in Ghana; and cave squeaker frogs in Zimbabwe.
The northern rufous hornbill was one of the 42 species targeted for conservation through CLP supported projects in 2025 © Neon Tomas Rosell II
Alongside this, we supported 37 CLP alumni (previous award-winners) to attend international conferences and training courses through our Alumni Grants – a fund specifically dedicated to boosting the professional development of our alumni.
Moreover, we trained 16 emerging leaders (one member of each of our award-winning teams ) at our international Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) training in Bali, Indonesia, boosting their skills and confidence in executing their projects and training their teams back in their home countries. We also trained a further 38 conservationists at our regional Leadership and Fundraising training in Bogor, Indonesia, and at the World Conservation Congress in Brisbane, Australia.
In 2025, CLP trained early-career conservationists from southeast Asia at our regional Leadership and Fundraising workshop in Bogor, Indonesia © CLP
The report also features the recent accomplishments of our global alumni network, which now numbers almost 4,500 conservation leaders, including international awards recognising important conservation breakthroughs. Notable examples include three Whitley Awards; a Reverse The Red Accelerator Award; and a Future for Nature Award.
Join our mission
The CLP partnership of three world-leading conservation charities – BirdLife International, Fauna & Flora and the Wildlife Conservation Society – celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2025 and remains committed to building the next generation of conservation leaders to secure a more sustainable world.
We are grateful to our supporters: the Hempel Foundation, the Rufford Foundation, Fondation Segré, the March Conservation Fund, and Arcadia – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.
If you would like to join our mission, please contact us at clp@birdlife.org.