The Walt Disney Company has announced its 2026 Disney Conservation Fund (DCF) support, awarding grants to 25 groups across 16 countries this Earth Month.
Ahead of Earth Month in April, the DCF will be highlighting conservation and sustainability stories from around the world in the lead-up to Earth Day on 22 April.
This year, the DCF is supporting 25 global conservation organisations from 16 countries, bringing its total global conservation investment to more than $141 million since 1995.
The Walt Disney Company has highlighted five new Disney Conservation Fund grant recipients whose work protects, restores, and rewilds more than 120,000 square miles of corridor habitat.
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The recipients are Save the Elephants, Bat Conservation International, Monarch Joint Venture, Ocean First Institute, and Proyecto Tità with Wildlife Conservation Network.
With DCF support, Save the Elephants is creating a 12.5-square-mile community conservancy in Kenya’s Tsavo landscape to safeguard elephant movement, including a critical railway underpass.
Bat Conservation International is restoring vital migratory pathways to protect threatened nectar-feeding bats across Mexico and the US Southwest.
In partnership with the Ocean First Institute, the DCF is also supporting the conservation of critically endangered great hammerhead sharks in the Florida Keys.
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Monarch Joint Venture aims to restore 15 miles of butterfly habitat in California, planting 6,000 native plants and engaging communities to create migratory corridors over the next two years.
Meanwhile, Proyecto Tità and Wildlife Conservation Network are expanding protected areas for critically endangered cotton-top tamarins in Colombia by 6 square miles while engaging local communities in education, restoration, and sustainable agriculture.
For over 30 years, the Disney Conservation Fund has backed global conservation efforts, using grants and Disney’s expertise to protect wildlife, restore ecosystems, and inspire environmental action.
Disney Conservation Fund backs global conservation efforts
Speaking about their work, Yalmaz Siddiqui, vice president of environmental sustainability at the Walt Disney Company, said: “The Disney Conservation Fund embodies our 'Disney Planet Possible' commitment to take meaningful and measurable action for a healthier, happier planet.
“These projects were selected for their ability to connect critical spaces for people and wildlife, backed by strong science, meaningful collaboration, and conservation programs co-developed with local communities, helping ensure restoration and rewilding efforts deliver real benefits for the people who depend on them today and for future generations to come."
Images courtesy of Disney Conservation Fund
