Continuing the Legacy
In a world that has lost more than three billion birds in the past 50 years, the cranes—one of the most threatened families of birds on earth—offer a powerful beacon of hope.
Our Vision
The International Crane Foundation’s new 10-Year Vision (2025–2035) presents a bold, ambitious, global strategy to ensure that all 15 crane species survive and thrive, along with the people who live with them. We will focus our efforts on five key cross-cutting areas:
Cranes
Drawing from five decades of science-based conservation success, our vision outlines a scaling-up of our long-term programs for highly threatened crane species in Asia, Africa, and North America, while continuing to monitor and support species that are less at risk.
Conservation Action
International flyway coordination, implementation of best management practices, and heightened regional conservation awareness will protect essential breeding, staging, and wintering grounds. We will scale up our integrated conservation programs that blend biodiversity protection with community development, strengthen land management, and safeguard the genetic diversity and long-term viability of cranes in human care.
More Than Cranes
Our work advances nature-based solutions that link biodiversity conservation with poverty alleviation, food security, clean water access, regenerative agriculture, and climate mitigation. Through these integrated efforts, our work directly supports the commitments of governments to fulfill the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Global Biodiversity Framework, Paris Climate Accord, and other international conservation agreements.
Organizational Excellence
The International Crane Foundation’s 10-Year Vision seamlessly integrates world-class conservation science with strong institutional leadership, adaptive management, and global partnerships.
OneICF
At the heart of this vision is our unified OneICF culture, which brings together our diverse staff across continents through shared values of innovation, transparency, inclusivity, collaboration, trust, and optimism.
Photos: Ciming Mei, Ted Thousand, Margaret Pyke Trust, Ryan Michalesko/International Crane Foundation
