Amphibian Endowment
In Honour of Dr George B. Rabb
Over 40% of the world’s amphibians are threatened.
Where action is taken and critical habitats are protected, amphibians are showing signs of recovery, but scaled-up investment is urgently needed to reverse catastrophic amphibian extinctions.
Donations to the Amphibian Endowment will provide flexible and core support to vital research, on-the-ground conservation, and capacity development for amphibian conservation around the world through an expendable endowment. The spenddown of each donation will be approximately fourteen years, as shown below.
How it supports amphibian conservation
Synchronicity Earth’s Amphibian Programme has been developed to tackle one of the greatest challenges in conservation today: the amphibian extinction crisis. Despite the dire need, amphibians are constantly overlooked, and as a result, efforts to gather information, reduce threats, and build a global response are in desperate need of support.
The Amphibian Endowment gives donors the opportunity to provide long-term support, either through a single donation or a series of donations, and plug the funding gaps identified by the Amphibian Programme which have not been met by more traditional fundraising approaches.
The Amphibian Endowment aims to: