Welcome to MBZ Annual Reports

From rescuing species on the brink of extinction to rediscoveries, 2023 saw the Fund make big gains in conservation that positively impacted endangered species.

View 2023 Annual Report

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a "global health emergency".

View 2022 Annual Report

The effects of COVID-19 on conservation are made clear. Many grant recipients were unable to enter the field and organizations continued to lose money with no ecotourists.

View 2021 Annual Report

The MBZ Fund took decisive action in 2020 to support struggling conservation organizations by offering Covid-19 Relief Grants.

View 2020 Annual Report

The year 2019 marks the tenth year since the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund first distributed financial support to conservation projects worldwide.

View 2019 Annual Report

For the first time, this report reviews the support we provide to international partner organisations concerned with broader species-specific conservation projects.

View 2018 Annual Report

From the simple sensation of feeling the wind on our faces to the unique inner peace derived from the lapping of waves on a deserted shoreline, we are drawn to all things natural.

View 2017 Annual Report

This report presents a selection of the projects the Fund has recently supported, featuring species as diverse in their biology and scale as the mighty Asian elephant and the humble Red-finned blue-eye.

View 2016 Annual Report

Connecting Worlds: The Power of Conservation, and my reasons were threefold.

View 2015 Annual Report

Instead of honing in on individual projects, we want to celebrate the stories of the people, discovery, intervention, science and communities, which are integral to the cause.

View 2014 Annual Report

During the course of 2013 the Fund has continued to build on the financial support provided to dedicated species conservation projects throughout the world, increasing the total amount disbursed in small grants to more than $10.3m through the end of 2013.

View 2013 Annual Report

As the Fund looks toward its 5th anniversary and beyond, it will continue to build on this solid base in order to develop into a truly long-term entity, able to help the cause of species conservation long into the future.

View 2012 Annual Report

In 2011 The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund supported 234 projects in more than 90 countries with more than $2.2m.

View 2011 Annual Report

During 2010 the Fund has been able to greatly aid the global effort to conserve the diversity of life in the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, by expanding upon its success in 2009.

View 2010 Annual Report

We hope that the Fund and its impact will grow further in order to contribute yet more to global species conservation, as Abu Dhabi continues to make an impact in environmental circles.

View 2009 Annual Report