“We were allies, not simply donors – we were not there just to fund the programme.
We were also there to help partners with structure, ambition and development, and connect them with other people to create new networks.”
Prespa Lake, Greece © Julia Henderson / SPP
Partners
At the heart of our work were our partners:
passionate people dedicated to delivering
effective and lasting conservation.
This conservation community was MAVA’s greatest asset. Without them, we would not have been able to pursue our mission.
We liked to call our grantees partners. Forging authentic partnerships with the organisations and individuals we funded, built on trust and in a way that perhaps isn’t the norm in philanthropy, laid at the core of our work.
To achieve our goals, we cultivated relationships with a variety of partners, including local and international NGOs, individuals, universities and government officials. We brought them together to collaborate and build relationships that would remain after our own involvement ceased.
Below is a list of all partners who received funding from MAVA, small or large, between 1994-2022.
This list encompasses all MAVA’s direct partners, but we acknowledge all the impactful work done by indirect partners too (such as those sub-contracted by direct partners) and all the members of the conservation community we had the honour of collaborating with during our lifespan.
- A Rocha Lebanon
- Acumen Academy
- African Leadership University (ALU)
- African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)
- Agroscope
- Al Shouf Cedar Society (ACS)
- Alliance des Alpes
- Alliance Vaudoise pour la Nature
- Altenburg & Wymenga
- Amnesty International Suisse
- Arbeitsgruppe Piz Vizan
- Arboretum du Vallon de l’Aubonne
- Aristote University of Thessaloniki - Eidikos Logariasmos Kondilion Erevnas
- Ashoka UK
- Asity Madagascar (BirdLife Madagascar)
- Asociación eco-union
- Associação Lantuna
- Associação Natureza Portugal (ANP)
- Associação para a Defesa do Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (ADAD)
- Associacao para e Investigacao e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (FCiências.ID)
- Associação Projecto Vitó
- Associação Projeto Biodiversidade
- Associação Transumância e Natureza (ATN)
- Associacion Trashumancia y Naturaleza (TyN)
- Association Alpes Vivantes
- Association Beyond Plastic Med (BeMed)
- Association BIOM (BirdLife Croatia)
- Association Broye Source de Vie
- Association de Gestion Intégrée des Ressources (AGIR)
- Association de Vuillerens
- Association des Amis de la Salamandre
- Association des Pêcheurs de la Communauté Rurale de Mangagoulack (APCRM)
- Association du Rallye du Chablais
- Association Ecovillages
- Association Flamants Roses du Banc d’Arguin (FROBA)
- Association for Nature, Environment and Sustainable Development (Sunce)
- Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA)
- Association for the Protection of Jabal Moussa (APJM)
- Association InTent
- Association Internationale des Forêts Méditerranéennes (AIFM)
- Association J'aime ma Planète
- Association Jorat, parc naturel
- Association Jorat, une terre à vivre au quotidien (JUTAVAQ)
- Association Les Amis des Marais du Vigueirat (AMV)
- Association Liber Temporis Machinae
- Association Limosa
- Association MedPAN
- Association Metropole Suisse
- Association Notre Grand Bleu
- Association OUI à la stratégie énergétique 2050
- Association pour la Sauvegarde du Léman
- Association pour le cheval de Przewalski (TAKH)
- Association Pro Pandion
- Association Suisse Pro Petite Camargue Alsacienne
- Association Truite-Léman
- Associazione Paesaggio Bosco Gurin
- Associazone Parc Adula
- B Lab Switzerland
- BACoMaB Trust Fund
- Basel Zoo
- Basic Roots
- Better Nature
- Big Tent Foundation Charity
- Bios Cabo Verde (BiosCV)
- Biosfera Cabo Verde
- BirdLife Cyprus
- BirdLife International
- BirdLife Malta
- BirdLife Österreich
- BirdLife Switzerland (ASPO/SVS)
- Black Vulture Conservation Foundation (BVCF)
- Blue finance - Economics of Coral Reef Ecosystems (ECRE)
- BlueSeeds
- Bright Blue
- Bürgerinitiative Unzmarkt Frauenburg
- Butterfly Conservation Europe
- Cabo Verde Natura 2000
- Capitals Coalition
- Caribaea Initiative
- Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)
- Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) de Montpellier
- Centre Ornithologique Rhône Alpes
- Centre Régional d'Etudes Biologiques et Sociales (France)
- Centro de Investigação Pesqueira Aplicada (CIPA - Guinée Bissau)
- Cercle ornithologique de Lausanne
- Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF)
- Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs)
- CHEM Trust
- ChemSec
- Chimbo Foundation
- Ciconia Stiftung
- Cigogne Suisse
- CIHEAM, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh)
- CIPRA International
- Circle Economy Switzerland
- Clarmondial AG
- Climate & Sustainability
- Climate KIC Holding BV
- Club Alpin Suisse
- Club of Rome
- Comité d'action Galmiz
- Comité du Parc Jurassien Vaudois
- Comité Français de l’UICN
- Commission des réserves forestières de Montricher
- Commission Sous-Régionale des Pêches (CSRP)
- Committee Yes to a Green Economy
- Common Purpose
- Commune de Montricher
- Congrex Switzerland Ltd
- Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA)
- Conservation International (CI)
- Conservation Without Borders
- Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar)
- Coöperative Circle Economy U.A.
- Cosima Tegetmeyer
- Council on Economic Policies (CEP)
- Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
- Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)
- Croatian Herpetological Society (HYLA)
- Cybelle Planète
- CZIP, BirdLife Montenegro
- Dalberg SA
- Daniel Aubort
- Danube Biosphere Reserve
- DEKAMER
- Der Verband für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften (öbu)
- Direction des Aires Protégées et du Littoral (DAPL - Mauritanie)
- Direction des Parcs Nationaux (Sénégal)
- DiversEarth
- Doga Dernegi
- Dr Antoine Guisan
- Dr Bijleveld van Lexmond
- Društvo Ekologi brez meja (Ecologists without Borders)
- ECA Watch
- EcoAlbania
- Ecological Club Danube
- ECOS AG
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- Empiricon AG
- Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre (ENALIA)
- Ente Regionale per lo Sviluppo del Locarnese e Vallemaggia
- Entreprise de correction fluviale du Nozon
- Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)
- Eppel Sustainability
- Etat de Vaud, Direction générale de l’environnement, Division Biodiversité et Paysage (DGE-BIODIV)
- EuroNatur
- Europa Forum Luzern
- European Climate Foundation (ECF)
- European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
- European Pond Conservation Network (EPCN)
- Ex'Tax Project
- Fairshare Educational Foundation (trading as ShareAction)
- Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE)
- Finance Watch
- Fish2Fork
- Fondation Bios / Association Andalus
- Fondation Changins
- Fondation des Grangettes
- Fondation des Moulins de Rivaz
- Fondation du Bois de Chênes
- Fondation du parc zoologique La Garenne
- Fondation Hainard
- Fondation Hoffmann
- Fondation Internationale du Banc d'Arguin (FIBA)
- Fondation Jan Michalski pour l'écriture et la littérature
- Fondation pour l'étude des relations internationales et du développement, Genève
- Fondation pour l'Université de Lausanne
- Fondation pour la Conservation du Gypaète
- Fondation pour le Développement Durable (sanu durabilitas)
- Fondation pour les Parcs et les Réserves de Côte d'Ivoire
- Fondation ProValat
- Fondation Succow
- Fondation suisse d'Education pour l'Environnement (FEE)
- Food Packaging Forum Foundation (FPF)
- Foraus - Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy
- Forderkreis Naturkundemuseum Bayern e.V.
- Forever Costa Rica Association (FCRA)
- Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL)
- Forum Biodiversité Suisse
- Forum Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft e.V.
- Foundation for Global Sustainability (FFGS)
- Foundation of the University of Zurich
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- Fundação BioGuiné (FBG)
- Fundação Maio Biodiversidade (FMB)
- Fundação Tartaruga
- Fundación Global Nature (FGN)
- Fundación Natureleza y Hombre (FNYH)
- Fundación para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad (CBD-Hábitat)
- Fundatia Conservation Carpathia
- Fundazium Pro Terra Engiadina
- Fundaziun Capricorn
- Funders for Fair Trade
- Fundo Brasilieiro para Biodiversidade (Funbio)
- Gemeinde Samedan
- Gemeinden im Neckertal
- General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
- Global Canopy Foundation
- Global Diversity Foundation (GDF)
- Global Footprint Network (GFN)
- Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
- Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB)
- Global Infrastructure Institute
- Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE)
- Global Penguin Society (GPS)
- Global Sustainability Trust
- GOB Menorca
- Goetheanum Dornach
- Grande Cariçaie
- Green Alliance
- Green Economy Coalition
- GreenCape Sector Development Agency
- GreenLight Association
- Greifensee-Stiftung
- GRID-Arendal
- Groupe 3.21
- Groupe d'Etude Faunistique de Jaman (GEFJ)
- Groupe de Recherche d'Information sur les Vertébrés (GRIVE)
- Groupe de Recherche et d'Echanges Technologiques (GRET)
- Groupement d'Intérêt Scientifique pour les Mammifères Marins de Méditerranée (GIS3M)
- Grün Stadt Zürich
- Grupo de Estudos de Ordenamento do Território e Ambiente (GEOTA)
- Hannah Cubaynes
- Hans Salzmann
- Heinrich Boell Foundation
- Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR)
- Hellenic Institute of Speleogical Research (HISR)
- Hellenic Ornithological Society (BirdLife Greece)
- Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (HSPN)
- Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil (HSR)
- ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability e.V.
- Impact Hub Geneva-Lausanne
- Impact Hub GmbH
- Impact Hub Switzerland Association
- Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine
- InfluenceMap CIC
- Infras AG
- Initiative pour les Petites îles de Méditerranée (Initiative PIM)
- Institut de la Francophonie pour le Développement Durable (IFDD)
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
- Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI)
- Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Mer (ISSM)
- Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
- Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas (IBAP)
- Inter Pares
- International Conservation Caucus Foundation
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, European Regional Group (IFOAM EU)
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Investor Watch Ltd
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
- IUCN Guinea-Bissau
- IUCN Mauritania
- IUCN Programme Office for South-Eastern Europe (IUCN SEE)
- IUCN Programme on African Protected Areas & Conservation (PAPACO)
- IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECARO)
- IUCN Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA)
- Jenifer Altman Foundation
- Judith Zbinden
- KARCH
- Konrad Lorenz Stiftung
- KORA Stiftung
- Landesmuseum Zurich
- Le Balkan
- Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli (BirdLife Italy)
- Les Editions de la Salamandre Sarl
- Liechtensteinische Gesellschaft für Umweltschutz (LGU)
- Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO - BirdLife France)
- Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO) - Antenne Grands Causses
- Lionel Maumary / Laurent Vallotton
- Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE)
- Luc Hoffmann Institute
- Lukas Indermaur
- LUMA & cetera Fondation
- LX Filmes
- Maisenbacher Magicprojects
- Maison de la Rivière
- Marcelo de Camargo Furtado
- Marianne Haahr
- Marilles Foundation
- Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
- Mark Halle
- Material Economics Sverige AB
- Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles (MEDASSET)
- Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE)
- Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (MedINA)
- Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (MedWet)
- MEDSEA Foundation
- Michael Succow Foundation
- Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable (Mauritanie)
- Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe
- Moroccan Biodiversity and Livelihoods Association (MBLA)
- Mowgli Mentoring
- National Marine Park of Zakynthos (NMPZ)
- National Research Center (Palestine)
- Nationalpark Oberoesterreichische Kalkalpen GmbH
- Natural Justice
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC)
- Nature Mauritanie
- Nature Network Fund
- Nature Trust Malta
- Nature-Communautés-Développement (NCD - BirdLife Senegal)
- NatureFinance (formerly Finance for Biodiversity - F4B)
- Nébéday
- Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG
- New Economics Foundation
- New Venture Fund
- Noé
- North Cyprus Society for Protection of Turtles (SPOT)
- Nos Oiseaux
- O+L Buro fur Okologie und Landschaft GmbH
- Ocean Conservancy
- Oceana
- Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage (France)
- OIKOS Istituto
- ONG Palmeirinha
- Opération Canopée
- ORCA Production SA
- Organisation for Orphan Projects
- Organisation pour la protection des alpages (OPPAL)
- Ornitologia Stiftung Basel
- Palestine Wildlife Society (PWLS)
- Parc National du Banc d'Arguin (PNBA)
- Parc National du Diawling
- Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue
- Parc Naturel Régional Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut
- Parc Naturel Régional Jura vaudois
- Parco Locarnese
- Partenariat Régional pour la Conservation de la zone Côtière et Marine (PRCM)
- Partners for a New Economy (P4NE)
- Peace Parks Foundation
- Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe)
- Philanthropy Europe Association (Philea - formerly EFC)
- Photographes pour la Planète
- Plan Bleu
- PlantLife International
- Plastics Solutions Fund
- Prespa Ohrid Nature Trust (PONT)
- Preventable Surprises
- Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
- Priority Actions Programme Regional Activity Centre (PAP/RAC)
- Pro Natura
- Prof. Antal Festetics
- Prof. Daniel Chérix
- Prof. Klaus Ewald
- Progetto Lince Italia
- Projekte Okologie Landwirtschaft (Schweiz)
- ProPark Foundation
- ProSea
- Prozirkula
- PUSCH
- Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA)
- Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP/RAC)
- Regione Locarnese et Vallemaggia (RLVM)
- Réseau Action Climat - France
- Réseau Régional d'Aires Marines Protégées en Afrique de l'Ouest (RAMPAO)
- Resilient Foundation
- Reto Soler
- Royal Botanic Gardens
- Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
- Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature - Jordan (RSCN)
- Royal Society for the Protection of Nature - Bhutan (RSPN - BirdLife Bhutan)
- Rytec AG
- Salzburg Global Seminar
- SAVE Foundation
- Schmetterlings-Forum Zürich
- Schweizerische Ausbildungsstätte für Natur- und Umweltschutz- SANU
- Schweizerische Greina Stiftung (SGS)
- Schweizerische Vogelwarte
- Schweizerischer Forstverein
- Scottish Wildlife Trust
- Seas at Risk
- Silverback Films Limited
- Silviva
- Simon Zadek
- Slowfood
- Sociedad Española de Ornitologia (SEO - BirdLife Spain)
- Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (SPEA - BirdLife Portugal)
- Société Coopérative Marchairuz
- Société d’Etudes Ornithologiques de France (SEOF)
- Society for Territorial and Environmental Prosperity (STEP)
- Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL - BirdLife Lebanon)
- Society for the Protection of Nature Israel (BirdLife Israel)
- Society for the Protection of Prespa (SPP)
- Sofies SA
- Southern African College
- Stichting Birdlife Europe
- Stichting Global Flyway Network
- Stichting Metabolic Institute
- Stichting Transhumance & Natuur
- Stiftung Bildungswertstatt Bergwald
- Stiftung Frauenwinkel
- Stiftung für nachhaltige Landwirtschaft - Schweiz (SNL)
- Stiftung Landschaftsschutz Schweiz (SL-FP)
- Stiftung Probartgeier
- Surfrider Foundation Europe
- Sustainable Digital Finance Alliance (formerly Green Digital Finance Alliance)
- Sustainable Finance Geneva (SFG)
- Swiss Association for the Development of Agriculture and Rural Areas (AGRIDEA)
- Swiss Economic Forum (SEF)
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)
- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG)
- Swisscleantech
- SYSTEMIQ Ltd
- Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary
- Tamedia Publications Romandes
- Teenergy Productions
- Terra Cypria, The Cyprus Conservation Foundation
- Terroir et Cultures
- Tethys Research Institute
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the university of Cambridge
- The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the university of Oxford
- The Conservation Collective
- The European Conservation Coaches Network (CCNet Europe)
- The MedFund
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- The Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece (ARCHELON)
- The Value Web
- Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G)
- Tiniguena
- Topten International Services (TIS)
- Tour du Valat
- Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group (IUCN)
- Trinationales Umweltzentrum
- Tropical Biology Association Ltd
- Turtle Foundation
- Ukrainian Ecological Club Green Wave
- Underwater Research Society (SAD)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Property Investments Limited
- University of Aveiro
- University of Avignon
- University of Barcelona
- University of Basel
- University of Bern
- University of British Columbia
- University of Cabo Verde (Department of Engineering and Marine Science)
- University of Cambridge
- University of Exeter
- University of Groningen
- University of Lausanne
- University of Lisboa
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
- University of New York
- University of Vienna
- University of Vigo
- University of Zurich
- Verein Beirat NATUR
- Verein Parc Adula
- Verein Pro Riet Rheintal
- Verein Pro Wiesenweihe
- Verein Sauberes Wasser für alle
- Vertigo Lab
- Vision Landwirtschaft
- VivaRiva
- Vivid Economics Ltd
- Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF)
- Wade & Co
- Waldwirtschaftverband beider Basel und Basellandschaftlicher Natur- und Vogelschutzverein
- Wässermatten Stiftung
- Wasserwelten Göschenen
- Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)
- WaterBear
- WESPO Inc, DBA CEA Consulting
- Wetlands International
- Wetlands International Africa
- Whitley Fund for Nature
- Wild Champanzee Foundation (WCF)
- Wild Foundation
- Wildlife Conservation Society
- Wildlife Consulting
- Wildscreen
- Win Wieselnetz
- World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA)
- World Business Council For Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
- World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC)
- World Economic Forum (WEF)
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- WWF Adria
- WWF Austria
- WWF Danube Carpathian Programme (DCP)
- WWF European Policy Programme AISBL (EPO)
- WWF France
- WWF Germany
- WWF Greece
- WWF Indonesia
- WWF International
- WWF Italy
- WWF Mediterranean Programme Office (MedPO)
- WWF Mongolia
- WWF Netherlands
- WWF North Africa
- WWF Portugal
- WWF Spain
- WWF Switzerland
- WWF Türkiye
- WWF UK
- WWF Vaud
- WWF West Africa Marine Programme (WAMPO ex-WAMER)
- Yolda initiative
- Z/Yen Group Limited
- Zero Waste Europe
- ZOE, the Institute for Future-Fit Economies