We founded CSP to raise the bar for conservation science.

Our project outcomes are durable, defensible, academic-grade science designed to guide nonpartisan and independent decision making.

CSP seeks to develop strategic, coherent solutions to the large-scale problems that affect our society and environment. We believe that innovation is essential to this process. As a leading research provider, we engage across sectors of society to apply conservation science in new ways. We draw on existing data when available and collect or develop new data as needed. To do this, CSP has developed an interdisciplinary, global network of experts to bring critical, multi-dimensional ideas to solve conservation problems.

Our core staff includes full-time scientists whose skills are complemented by a well distributed, connected network of professionals. This centralized capacity also allows members of our network to conduct independent research while flexibly sharing resources, infrastructure, and alliances — thus creating an agile whole that far exceeds the sum of its parts. CSP provides a conduit for enlisting the best minds in applied conservation science to forge meaningful advances and practical solutions.

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Vision and Core Values

We envision a world where science combines with the creativity and beauty of nature to solve the problems that affect our society and the environment.

Our core values include:

  • Scientific and technical excellence and integrity.
  • Creativity and innovation in process and products.
  • Respectful co-production of knowledge.
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Engagement with social justice initiatives.
  • Connection to the living world.

CSP’s effort to explore and define our core values is part of an ongoing and active process. Our process aims to ensure that such values come alive, recognizing the sustained attention, learning, and long-term commitment that this requires. We recognize that people from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences can significantly enrich our community and are essential to meeting our conservation mission and goals. Going forward, we aspire to actively pursue projects or other efforts that:

  • Seek out and elevate diverse values, views, experiences, and perspectives.
  • Center underrepresented groups, including communities of color and diverse international partners, in examining the impacts of environmental change.
  • Respect and incorporate cultural heritage, traditions, knowledge, and experiences.
  • Co-produce science and solutions with partners who have been historically left out of conservation conversations and decision-making.