The Vision of the CGBD is the effective engagement of humankind in the conservation and restoration of biological diversity on earth.

We define biodiversity as all the variety of life on Earth...the variety of ecosystems, the variety of species...and the variety of genes among the individuals of a species.

The Mission of the CGBD is to support foundations in their efforts to conserve and restore biological diversity in order to safeguard the well being of people and the health of the global environment.

The Goals of the CGBD are:

• To create strategic partnerships among funders and other partners in the U.S. and internationally to proactively address the challenges of accelerating threats to global biodiversity.
• To increase the strategic impact of grantmaking by connecting member foundations with significant grantmaking opportunities and with a full range of groups working on behalf of conservation concerns.
• To increase financial resources devoted to conserving biological diversity.
• To identify needs, emerging issues, strategic opportunities and alliances for biodiversity conservation through a variety of approaches, including the incubation of new projects.
• To promote the effective use of monitoring and evaluation activities and other enhancements of the grantmaking craft among member foundations.