Biodiversity Initiative

About us

Biodiversity Initiative is an international nature conservation NGO that exists to conserve biodiversity through ecology, exploration and education.
When our organisation was formed in 2013, we focused primarily on bird conservation and research in the African country of Equatorial Guinea. Since then we have expanded our scope and geographical range to protect all wildlife –
including forest elephants, gorillas, chimpanzees, and hundreds of bird species – and conserve the rainforest across central Africa.

One of our core aims is to educate and build capacity within local African communities. Through each of our conservation work programmes, we strive to provide local communities with the proper tools and training needed to protect their local wildlife and rainforest. We hope to instill within these communities pride in their rich biodiversity, and encourage long term, sustainable protection of their local environment for generations to come.

Although we are a small organisation, our work continues to make significant waves in scientific discovery, conservation and environmental protection. This ranges from pioneering new DNA sequencing techniques, to finding more than 10 species never before recorded in the Equatoguinean rainforest, to assisting in the shutdown of several illegal logging and poaching operations.