Dashboards for conservation: Connecting data to decisions

Dashboards for conservation: Connecting data to decisions

The conservation sector suffers from a stark disconnect between data and decision-making. Organisations pay a double cost: in the effort spent collecting information no one uses, and in the strategic choices made without the tailored evidence to back them. FOS designs...
Strengthening the trust funds that sustain protected areas

Strengthening the trust funds that sustain protected areas

FOS is supporting conservation trust funds, such as FAPBM in Madagascar and MNLF in Mongolia, to develop the right frameworks and turn available data into better strategic decisions for protected areas. Conservation trust funds have become one of the pillars of...
FOS at ICTC 2026

FOS at ICTC 2026

Foundations of Success is excited to take part in the first ever International Conservation Technology Conference (ICTC 2026), co-organized by WILDLABS and a coalition of partners. We’ll be at both the pre-conference workshops and the main conference in Lima,...
Standard Lexicon for Area-Based Conservation 1.0

Standard Lexicon for Area-Based Conservation 1.0

The foundation of both effective policy and science is having a standard lexicon of terms and definitions for key concepts in the field. A new Conservation Biology paper by FOS’s Nick Salafsky, Paola Mejía and colleagues addresses this need. Abstract: Target 3...
Outdoor recreation planning and management in protected areas

Outdoor recreation planning and management in protected areas

At a time when more and more people are heading out to explore and connect to nature, outdoor recreation needs to be intentionally brought into the everyday management of protected areas. When outdoor recreation and conservation are mutually supportive, it generates...