Conservation

From 2012 to 2022, ConocoPhillips worked with the International Crane Foundation ("ICF") and local partners along the crane flyways across eastern China to conserve cranes and the wetland and grassland ecosystems on which they depend. The program worked with people dependent on the resources of wetlands and their watersheds to devise economic strategies that safeguard their resource base, while being simultaneously compatible with waterfowl and ecosystem protection. ConocoPhillips supported field surveys on cranes and water birds and sponsored environmental education for primary school students living in wetlands areas in northeast China including Bohai Bay in order to promote waterbird protection.

Learn more about the China Crane Flyway Project.

In order to spark the interest of more young people in wetlands and their ecological environment, as well as promote the importance of wetland protection, ConocoPhillips China launched the Clear Water and the Migrant Children Environmental Education Programs with the international youth environmental education organization Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots, established by the famed ethologist and UN Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall in 2013. Through educational activities such as drawing up wetland ecological maps, the Clear Water Program helped increase awareness of wetland eco-environments among young people.

Another environmental initiative, the Migrant Children Environmental Education Program, targeted migrant children in Beijing who lacked access to quality education. Through environmental education, students learned basic knowledge about environmental protection and were encouraged to become stewards of the planet. From 2013 to 2017, the program impacted over 9,000 people.