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Conservation Impact Report 2024

Fauna & Flora's Conservation Impact Report 2024 details a year of measurable recovery across nearly 30 species populations and reduced threats to 29 more, delivered through on-the-ground work at 430 sites in 43 countries alongside 439 in-country partner organisations, including headline wins such as the saiga antelope's recovery to 2.8 million individuals in Kazakhstan and the largest-ever release of captive-bred Siamese crocodiles in Cambodia.

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Site and species conservation management, marine habitat protection and restoration, community-based conservation and livelihood support, partner organisation capacity-building, policy influencing, the Conservation Leadership Programme for early-career conservationists

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Recovery recorded in almost 30 species populations and reduced threats to a further 29 populations in 2024
Key Metric 2 On-the-ground conservation across more than 11.5 million hectares, at 430 sites in 43 countries
Key Metric 3 Almost one billion tonnes of carbon locked up across 94 terrestrial and marine project sites (equivalent to around 8 billion barrels of crude oil)

Key Outcomes

  • Partnered Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative helped saiga antelope numbers recover to 2.8 million individuals across Kazakhstan's steppe in 2024, supported by a £1 million Earthshot Prize win
  • 50 captive-bred Siamese crocodiles released in Cambodia in 2024, the largest release of the critically endangered species to date, bringing total releases to 196
  • Conservation Leadership Programme supported 60 conservationists across 13 teams with over $212,000 in small grants, building on 4,400+ careers kickstarted in nature conservation over 40 years

Geography

International

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
5,999 active volunteers contributed 776,242 hours in 2025/26
Key Metric 2
137 winter maintenance projects across 45 canals; 109 lock gates replaced
Key Metric 3
101,640 children participated in Explorers/STEM outdoor learning, including 67,896 water-safety participants
Over 80% of the network kept fully open despite drought.
Impact Snapshot
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The Eco-Schools programme reached over 1.4 million pupils, with 2,162 schools awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
326,000 volunteers pledged to the Great British Spring Clean, picking up 425,626 bags of rubbish, supported by 288 local authorities and parish councils
Key Metric 3
2,227 Green Flag Awards given to parks and green spaces in the UK; 151 beaches given a Blue Flag and/or Seaside Award
98.3% of educators felt the Eco-Schools programme significantly supports young people's development of 'green skills'
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
First known breeding success of spoonbills in the Norfolk Broads in around 400 years, recorded at Hickling Broads and Marshes
Key Metric 2
Over 60 nature reserves managed across Norfolk, with land owned or managed for wildlife exceeding 5,000 hectares
Key Metric 3
1,500 volunteers helped protect wildlife across the county during the year
New urban nature reserve co-designed with the local community, expanding accessible green space in Norfolk
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61,819 native oysters deployed across UK restoration projects in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
15,064 people participated in the Beachwatch beach clean programme, submitting 1,256 litter surveys — the highest in the programme's 31-year history
Key Metric 3
17,613 young people engaged through in-person or online youth programme sessions
£11.5 billion Ofwat investment package secured for storm overflow cuts in England and Wales following sustained MCS advocacy