A word of thanks

ေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် / Merci beaucoup / Terima kasih / សូមអរគុណ / Mul’umesc / Спасибо / Gracias / Cám ơn

Success in conservation is often hard to see, and harder to assess. Conservation is complex, with multiple strategies coming together to deliver change and with multiple people and organisations involved. And above all it takes time to see meaningful change in the species and habitats that are our ultimate target.

It can be difficult enough to track and attribute the change that results from our work within individual projects. It is a huge challenge to do this for a whole organisation – especially when its model is to deliver projects jointly with partners, through relationships that track back decades.

Fauna & Flora’s annual reporting process assures us that our work is impactful. This is vital for all of us at Fauna & Flora to know and understand –each and every person involved in Fauna & Flora has contributed to these outcomes, whether through tracking species in the field, raising the funds, managing the accounts, training our staff or sitting on our governance Board. It’s vital for our partners to see how Fauna & Flora’s work reaches far and wide, as well as deep into specific places. It’s vital for our supporters and donors to know their trust in us has been repaid and we have delivered for the planet. It’s vital for our future supporters to see what they could be part of.

Creating this report every year takes significant time by people from across the organisation: from the teams who write individual reports, from a dedicated group of analysts who pull the information together, and from those who write and design this report. The information collated through this process is used in many ways. Not just to show our impact, but as a source of up-to-date information on every project (used in fundraising and communications), as a means to track change over time, and as a base for institutional histories for all our projects. We know contributing to this process takes time. But reading every individual project report is a delight and a wonder – it inspires us every year, and seeing it all come together reminds us of the breadth and depth of our work and gives us confidence in what we, the Fauna & Flora family, are achieving together.

Behind every achievement in this report is the day-to-day work of teams across the organisation and across our partners. Every single one is amazing. We are immensely grateful to our colleagues and partners around the world for their hard work, expertise, inspiration, dedication and commitment. Without them, what we collectively achieve wouldn’t be possible.

We would like to extend a huge thank you to each and every person who makes our work possible, and to all those involved in this report for their support in bringing together their achievements and lessons from 2022.

Mark, Jo, Svetlana, Jonny, Paul and Abi Fauna & Flora - Senior Leadership Team

If you would like more details about any of the information presented in this report, please contact Jess Betts (jess.betts@fauna-flora.org) or Katie Lee-Brooks (katie.lee-brooks@fauna-flora.org)