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ENVIRONMENT

Rotary supports activities that strengthen the conservation and protection of natural resources, advance
environmental sustainability, and foster harmony between people and the environment.

Area of Focus Statement of Purpose, Goals, and Parameters for Eligibility

The Rotary Foundation enables Rotary members to protect, preserve, and conserve the environment by:

1. Protecting and restoring land, coastal, marine, and freshwater resources
a. Protecting and restoring terrestrial ecosystems and improving their resiliency through
initiatives such as promoting reforestation, preventing deforestation, planting native
vegetation, restoring habitats, and removing invasive plant and animal species

b. Preserving biodiversity by protecting and restoring habitats, conserving native species,
removing invasive plant and animal species, conserving and protecting endangered species,
and preventing poaching and the illegal wildlife trade

c. Supporting strategies and targeted initiatives to improve aquifer and groundwater recharging,
water conservation, water quality, sanitation, and watershed management (adhering to the
policy statements and guidelines for the water, sanitation, and hygiene area of focus)

d. Protecting and restoring coastal, marine, and freshwater ecosystems through initiatives such
as habitat restoration, protecting and propagating native plant and animal species, removing
invasive plant and animal species, addressing overfishing, pollution, coastal erosion and
ocean acidification

2. Enhancing the capacity of communities and local governments to support natural resource
management and conservation
a. Developing peacebuilding and conflict prevention initiatives related to the management and
use of natural resources (adhering to the policy statements and guidelines for the
peacebuilding and conflict prevention area of focus)

b. Mitigating human-wildlife conflict through ecologically sound and peaceful resolutions
c. Training and educating communities in conservation and resource management to preserve,
protect, and sustainably use natural resources

3. Supporting agroecology and sustainable agriculture, fishing, and aquaculture practices to improve
ecological health
a. Creating awareness of and supporting ecologically viable agriculture through activities such
as regenerative agriculture, conservation agriculture, managed grazing, silvopasture, and tree
intercropping

b. Supporting sustainable fisheries and ecologically sound aquaculture (adhering to the policy
statements and guidelines for the community economic development area of focus)

c. Promoting the use of traditional and Indigenous knowledge in agricultural, land, ocean, and
natural resource management practices

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