We are proud to announce that international conservation organization RARE is the newest organization to Partner with us in support of our bid for .ECO. We are thrilled to have them on-board as we make our application to operate .ECO on behalf of the international sustainability community.

RARE recognizes that true conservation can only be achieved through community-based solutions that account for people’s needs. Ultimately, conservation comes down to people – their behaviors toward nature, their beliefs about its value, and their ability to protect it without sacrificing basic life needs. Therefore, conservationists must become as skilled in social change as in science; as committed to community-based solutions as national and international policymaking.

Nowhere are community-based solutions needed more than in the world’s areas of highest biodiversity – from Latin America and the Caribbean to Africa and India to Asia and the Pacific islands. These areas may be rich in natural resources, but poverty is also high, making social and environmental change a challenge for hundreds of thousands of communities.

RARE and its partners in 50+ countries throughout these regions are committed to designing conservation programs that benefit both people and nature – ensuring that change is embraced and sustained.