Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) was founded in 1998 on the conviction that economics can play a critical role in transforming conservation efforts around the world. By revealing the true tradeoffs of development, demonstrating the inherent value of nature, and generating financially viable environmental solutions, CSF used economic tools and insights to identify and inform others of the best possible development outcomes. Since then, we have been working with governments, conservationists, funders, farmers, fishermen, and others to raise economic literacy worldwide and create a better understanding of how economics can improve decision-making.

For the last 25 years, CSF has been a leading organization advancing conservation solutions to environmental challenges by building strategies that can be applied all over the world. Through our country offices, our teams provide strategic advice to our partners and stakeholders through economic analysis, capacity building, and technical assistance. Our on-the-ground teams then identify and catalyze solutions that advance conservation in their local communities, and that can be adopted to solve similar problems nationally and worldwide.

Today, CSF has dedicated country teams in Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and the United States, and are headquartered in Washington, DC. Our training programs have reached more than 5,000 people from 131 countries with 75 fellows across Latin America, Indonesia, and the Pacific. In addition, our analysis and training programs have influenced more than $21 billion in development investments, resulting in conservation of more than 50 million acres worldwide.