All Joint Ventures

North American Bird Habitat Joint Ventures

What is a Joint Venture?

A joint venture is a self-directed partnership of agencies, organizations, corporations, tribes, or individuals that has formally accepted the responsibility of implementing national or international bird conservation plans within a specific geographic area or for a specific taxonomic group, and has received general acceptance in the bird conservation community for such responsibility.

What does a Joint Venture do?

Working both collectively and independently, joint venture partners conduct activities in support of bird conservation goals cooperatively developed by the partnership. These activities include:

• Biological planning, conservation design, and prioritization,
• Project development and implementation,
• Monitoring, evaluation, and applied research activities,
• Communications and outreach, and
• Fundraising for projects and activities.

Joint Venture Information

2012 marks the 25th anniversary of joint ventures. In that time joint ventures have established an unparalleled record of success. Their example of collaborative partnerships, delivering habitat and bird conservation, built upon a foundation of solid research and sound science is a national model. To learn about other joint ventures go to:

• All Joint Venture Fact Sheet
• All Joint Ventures Directory
• North American Bird Habitat Joint Venture