mission & vision

Van Tienhoven Foundation is concerned about life on earth, the well-being and maintenance of the variety of living organisms and their living environment. Human beings play a crucial role as actor and factor in biodiversity. The Foundation see people as instrumental in mitigating the pressures of global change on the living environment and biodiversity.

• Make small grants available to finance direct actions on species, ecosystem, and community managed nature protection that lead to change in policy and practice.
• Promote knowledge into the causes of threats and pressures on nature, in order to generate concrete actions that halt, counteract or mitigate these causes;
• Strive to influence and collaborate with governmental, non-governmental organisations, communities, individuals, and other relevant stakeholders for the sake of the conservation of nature.