In 2016, the ATTA partnered with other leaders from the adventure travel industry to start the Adventure Travel Conservation Fund (ATCF), a nonprofit that provides funding, connections and an international spotlight on projects that protect the cultural and natural resources which underpin the adventure tourism industry. Thanks to the Adventure Leaders, 100% of membership dues go toward funding projects.
The ATTA recognizes that the adventure tourism industry is highly dependent on the conservation of the world’s natural resources, and the socioeconomic stability of local communities. Although there are several nonprofits around the world that address some of these challenges, there is no single international nonprofit for the travel trade that exists to provide funding for the conservation of these natural and cultural resources.
Please visit the ATCF website to learn more about the non-profit, how to join, recent grant winners, and more.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Grant Year: 2019
Project: Finding long-term solutions that involve the Maasai communities in conservation efforts to protect their heritage & their futures.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Grant Year: 2019
Project: Addressing the conflict between people and wildlife requires the striking of a balance between conservation priorities and the needs of the people who share their land with wildlife.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Grant Year: 2019
Project: Empowering the Kayapó indigenous people to continue to protect and sustainably manage their territory.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Grant Year: 2019
Project: Establish a community eco-tourism venture to provide long term, sustained financial benefits to three local communities located in a key chimpanzee area.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Grant Year: 2019
Project: Support Tost bagkh (smallest administrative unit in Mongolia) people in the Southgobi province of Mongolia to maintain their traditional nomadic way of life.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Grant Year: 2018
Project: Helping to sustain water resources vital to wildlife and communities in Zimbabwe’s largest national park.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Grant Year: 2018
Project: Protecting the unique natural 7 cultural resources along the Oaxaca coastline.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Grant Year: 2018
Project: Promotion of innovative grassroots measures that encourage local people to become better stewards of the endangered snow leopards, their prey and habitats.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Grant Year: 2018
Project: Educating 7 preserving communities from the risk of single-use plastics in Baja California Sur.
Grant Amount: $30,000
Grant Year: 2017
Project: This project protects the unique natural and cultural resources of adventure travel destinations by working to conserve orangutans and one of their last primary rainforest refuges, through environmental education and providing sustainable livelihood options to local communities as a method to deter or change livelihoods from participating in environmentally destructive activities.
Grant Amount: $30,000
Grant Year: 2017
Project: Support the conservation of coral reefs in 687,767 acres of six protected areas in the Mexican Pacific by improving coral reef monitoring, strengthen visitation management, and advancing coral reef legal protection.
Grant Amount: $16,500
Grant Year: 2017
Project: The project will provide a permanent settlement to the Gahinga community of Batwa pygmies, a group of about 90 adults and children, who were displaced from their homeland in Mgahinga 25 years ago and who have been landless squatters since then. Their ancestral land was gazetted as a national park to promote mountain gorilla conservation.
About Us
Established in 1990, the Adventure Travel Trade Association is the largest global network of adventure travel leaders. Our community is made up of ~30,000 individual guides, tour operators, lodges, travel advisors, tourism boards, destination marketing and management organizations, outdoor educators, gear companies and travel media who share a belief and commitment to sustainable tourism. The connections and creativity of this vibrant community come together both virtually and in person to create and deliver the solutions that propel our businesses and our communities toward a responsible and profitable future.
