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A Karen elder playing a traditional stringed instrument at a community gathering© KESAN

Our Partners

Conservation starts with local leadership.

Wildlife Asia works with exceptional conservation organisations across Asia.

These organisations bring the relationships, knowledge, cultural understanding and long-term commitment that effective conservation requires.

Our job is not to replace that expertise. It is to help it thrive.

Partnership

Partnership looks different in different places.

Some of our relationships have developed over many years and involve close strategic and operational collaboration. We may work together on program design, fundraising, donor relationships, technical support, organisational development and long-term conservation strategy.

In other cases, our role is deliberately lighter. We provide funding to an experienced organisation with strong systems and expertise and allow them to lead implementation.

The level of involvement may differ. The principle does not: local organisations lead.

Long-term partnerships

Deep, long-term collaboration

Partnerships built over many years, grounded in trust, shared purpose and close strategic and operational collaboration.

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Forum Konservasi Leuser (FKL)

Aceh, Indonesia

Forum Konservasi Leuser (FKL) works to protect and restore the extraordinary forests and wildlife of the Leuser Ecosystem. Wildlife Asia has worked closely with FKL for many years, supporting wildlife protection, research, ecosystem restoration and community-led conservation across this globally important landscape.

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Hutan, Alam dan Lingkungan Aceh (HAkA)

Aceh, Indonesia

HAkA works to protect Aceh's forests through advocacy, environmental monitoring, community engagement and stronger environmental governance. Wildlife Asia's long-term collaboration with HAkA supports locally led efforts to safeguard the Leuser Ecosystem and ensure that communities have a strong voice in decisions affecting their forests.

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Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN)

Kawthoolei / Myanmar

KESAN works alongside Indigenous Karen communities to protect forests, biodiversity and cultural landscapes while strengthening community resilience and sustainable livelihoods. Wildlife Asia's long-standing collaboration with KESAN supports community-led conservation grounded in Indigenous knowledge, local governance and the connection between people and place.

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Javan Gibbon Center (JGC)

West Java, Indonesia

The Javan Gibbon Center rehabilitates and returns endangered Javan gibbons to protected forests in West Java. Wildlife Asia has supported the program over many years, helping rescued gibbons move from rehabilitation to life back in the wild while supporting conservation education and the long-term recovery of the species.

Funding and donor support

Conservation partners

We also support exceptional conservation organisations delivering specialist and locally led programs across Asia. In these relationships, our role is often deliberately lighter — providing funding and donor support while our partners lead the conservation work.

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Planet Indonesia

Indonesia · West Kalimantan

Planet Indonesia works with rural and Indigenous communities to conserve biodiversity while strengthening livelihoods and community resilience. Wildlife Asia supports its community-led conservation work in West Kalimantan.

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Freeland

Thailand · Southeast Asia

Freeland works to combat wildlife trafficking and protect threatened wildlife across Southeast Asia through law enforcement support, investigations, training and behaviour-change initiatives.

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YIARI

Yayasan Inisiasi Alam Rehabilitasi Indonesia

Indonesia

YIARI works to protect Indonesian wildlife through rescue and rehabilitation, habitat protection, wildlife crime prevention, conservation education and collaboration with communities and law-enforcement agencies.

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ADM Capital Foundation

Hong Kong · Asia

ADM Capital Foundation develops and supports environmental initiatives across Asia, with a focus on protecting biodiversity and addressing complex environmental challenges through research, partnerships and practical solutions.

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© Paul Hilton

Strong local organisations are not simply a means of delivering conservation. Building and sustaining them is part of conservation itself.

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