The Adventure Travel Conservation Fund (ATCF) is proud to announce the 2025 Conservation Grant winners — six inspiring, community-driven projects from around the globe that are leading the way in protecting our planet’s most vulnerable ecosystems and cultural heritage. Selected through a highly competitive process by our members, these projects represent the heart of our mission: empowering local communities to drive lasting conservation impact. From safeguarding biodiversity and restoring habitats to strengthening climate resilience and cultural preservation, this year’s grantees showcase the power of collaboration between the global travel community and grassroots changemakers.  

Save the Date! The 2025 Adventure Travel Conservation Travel Fund Auction is coming soon!

We’re thrilled to announce that nearly 90 new Associate Members have joined the Adventure Travel Conservation Fund — the largest membership increase in our history!  

This incredible momentum stems from a new initiative with the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA), which aims to connect mission-aligned companies with ATCF’s global conservation community. Together, we’re expanding our reach and strengthening our impact to protect the wild places we all love to explore.

At the Adventure Travel Conservation Fund (ATCF), we are committed to advancing travel as a force for good—one that protects the planet, empowers communities, and supports a thriving, responsible industry. As such, we want to share our position on a matter that affects us all: the increasing threats to public land protections, conservation funding, and the foundational environmental policies that make adventure travel possible.

We know our members are not bystanders. You have built businesses and careers around the values we share—Planet first. People centered. Impact driven. Partner powered. Now is the time to harness that collective energy. Join Us. Support Us. Collaborate.

Meet new ATCF member Larissa Clark, Director of Another World Adventures who has recently co-founded an amazing new directory connecting sailors to scientific projects that need data or research. She also nominated Women in Science, one of the ATCF grant winners for 2025.

World Cetacean Alliance received a grant through ATCF’s “Adopt a Project” programme, an initiative that empowers the ATCF members and partners to directly support specific conservation projects around the world, providing meaningful contributions toward environmental and cultural preservation. 

This impactful funding was made possible by the generosity of ATCF member Toad&Co, and will help to expand World Cetacean Alliance’s Whale Heritage Areas network, as well as launch a new online community platform to connect and empower their Partners and Whale Heritage Areas globally.

The ATCF is excited to welcome four new media members, journalist Mark Johanson, Tara Cannon, Zanny Steffgen and Nicole Melancon as our newest members! Learn more about their commitment to protecting tourism destinations below! Check out our growing network of ATCF members here!

With the Hero Travel Fund (HTF)   Explorer X is giving away $10,000 to one deserving winner for use on a custom travel experience with Explorer X for a trip of a lifetime. Applications open January 1, 2025, and the application deadline is February 28, 2025. This is an amazing opportunity for one lucky winner!

A new grant provided by the Adventure Travel Conservation Fund will help create a robust beekeeping enterprise that will empower local women while protecting wildlife in the Mugie Conservatory in Kenya.