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We envision a healthy planet in which fungi are recognized as crucial interconnectors of nature. However, they represent a meagre 0.2 % of our global conservation priorities.

This initiative aims to write this neglected kingdom of life into conservation and agricultural policy frameworks, protect it under international and domestic law, and unlock crucial funding for mycological research, surveys and educational programs.

We are unthinkable without fungi.

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Our Strategy

Research

We investigate the legal, policy, and regulatory landscape globally as well as domestically in targeted countries in order to identify opportunities to advance protections for fungi.

Advocacy

We engage in different forms of advocacy in order to advance legal and policy protections for fungi. This includes, among other things, organizing to secure countries’ support for the inclusion of language on fungi in various international frameworks.

Communications & Public Awareness

We communicate information and resources on fungi to decision-makers, government officials, and civil society leaders as well as members of the broader public.

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Our Impact

More than 1.300 scientists, researchers, activists and citizens from 77 countries have joined #FloraFaunaFunga to demand better protection policies for fungi.

This year, the global community is gathering to develop strategies, plans and commitments to stem threats to food systems, the climate and biodiversity. These efforts are incomplete – at best – if we continue to neglect fungi.

2500+ Signatories
77 Countries
1000+ Scientists
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Latest News.

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Oct. 28, 2024

Fungi could be given same status as flora and fauna under conservation plan
Aug. 30, 2023

Flora, fauna and … funga: campaigners call for new term for conservation talks

It'sTimetoAct.

1. Sign the statement

It is time for fungi to be recognised within legal conservation frameworks and protected on an equal footing with animals and plants.

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Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation, Founder, USA

David Boyd, United Nations/University of British Columbia, Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment/Professor, Canada

Michael Pollan, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Professor, USA

Kristine Tompkins, Tompkins Conservation, Co-founder, CEO, USA

Roland Griffiths, Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Director, USA

Paul Stamets, Fungi Perfecti, LLC, Director of Research, USA

Philip Ball, Author and science writer, UK

Susana C. Gonçalves, Chair, European Council for the Conservation of Fungi, Member IUCN SSC Fungal Conservation Committee, Researcher, Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Andrea Wulf, Author of 'Invention of Nature. Alexander von Humboldt's New World', UK

Daniela Torres, Fundación Fungi, Directora de Programas, Chile

Peter McCoy, MYCOLOGOS, Director, USA

Alexandra Guerra, Jane Goodall Institute Chile, Executive Director, Chile

Simon McBurney, Complicité, Founder and Artistic Director, UK

Robin Moore, Global Wildlife Conservation, Vice President Communications and Marketing, USA

Jon Paul Rodríguez, IUCN Species Survival Commission, Chair, Venezuela

Gregory Mueller, Chicago Botanic Garden, Chief Scientist & V.P. Science, and Chair IUCN SSC Fungal Conservation Committee, USA

David Zilber, Chr. Hansen, Fermentation/Food Scientist, Denmark

Alan Rayner, Bath Bio*Art, Former President of the British Mycological Society, UK

Trevor Goward, Enlichened Consulting Ltd, principal, Canada

Alex Muñoz, National Geographic Pristine Seas, Director for Latin America, Chile

Lynne Boddy, Cardiff University, Professor of Microbial Ecology, UK

Gareth Wyn Griffith, Aberystwyth University, Professor, Wales

Florian Walder, Agroscope, Researcher, Schweiz

Sam Lee, The Nest Collective / Sam Lee, Singer / Artistic Director, UK

Susan Rockefeller, Musings Magazine, Founder, USA

Anicka Yi, Anicka Yi Studio, Artist/Owner, USA

Meet the Signers

2. Follow us on social media

TheTeam.

Giuliana Furci

Executive Director, Fungi Foundation, Harvard University Associate, co-chair IUCN SSC Fungal Conservation Committee

César Rodríguez-Garavito

Professor of Clinical Law, New York University School of Law. Director, More Than Human Rights (MOTH) Program and Chair, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, NYU Law.

Merlin Sheldrake

Vrije University Research Associate, Bestselling author of Entangled Life, Fungi Foundation and the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks