Asia is a continent of extraordinary biodiversity and profound cultural richness, offering unparalleled ecological and cultural experiences. The Adventure Travel Conservation Fund (ATCF) supports conservation projects in this region to safeguard its diverse wildlife, fragile ecosystems, and cultural heritage. By funding initiatives across Asia, we aim to combat environmental threats and cultural decline, ensuring that both local communities and adventure travelers can continue to enjoy and benefit from Asia's unique natural and cultural treasures.

Award: 29,000 Funded: 2017

The goal of the SPCC has been to keep the Khumbu, Nepal clean through the development of waste management infrastructure, adopting an integrated sustainable waste management approach.

Award: 30,000 Funded: 2017

The mission is to conserve orangutan populations and forest habitats in and around Gunung Palung National Park. Recognizing that most threats to orangutan survival are human-induced, they take a multi-faceted community-based approach to orangutan conservation.

Award: 20,000 Funded: 2018

Promotion of innovative grassroots measures that encourage local people to become better stewards of the endangered snow leopards, their prey and habitats. The Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust (SLC-IT) has been striving hard to reduce this conflict through incentive programs so that local farmers become conservation partners.

Award: 20,000 Funded: 2019

The goal of this prosect is to support local communities to improve their environmental awareness and stewardship and preserve their nomadic culture and values by implementing various conservation focused programs and activities among local youth and herders.

Award: 1,000 Funded: 2023

MEC’s initiative seeks to provide park leaders with the latest skills and strategies for improving park management and promoting sustainable tourism. The ATCF funding will support the transportation costs for three rangers to attend our upcoming two-day training session on "Multi-Stakeholder Involvement in Park Conservation."

Award: 10,000 Funded: 2020

Continuing critical care for Cambodia's last remaining captive and wild elephants, restoring their forest habitat, and supporting the indigenous Bunong community during the Covid 19 Pandemic, enabling the project to continue to attract adventurous eco-tourists both.

Award: 10,000 Funded: 2020

The purpose of the project is to conduct COVID-specific capacity-building training so that local communities can again welcome tourists and thereby continue to raise awareness of the need to protect the Palestinian environment, heritage, and unique communities.