ABOUT
HOTSPOT PATRONS

HotSpot Patrons is a new initiative to get funds and in-kind donations to those who are on the ground protecting the Earth’s precious biodiversity. We work with those who know best- local community leaders, Indigenous Peoples, in-country experts, and nature reserve owners and managers. Our personal site visits and involvement with our in-country colleagues and field partners, as well as follow up monitoring of projects ensures that your donations arrive on the ground and go towards what they were intended. Investing in permanently protected nature reserves means that even if the land is sold, the protection status – and your investment impact- will remain, lowering investment risk substantially. 

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Between the founders, our Senior Advisors and Field Partners, there is literally centuries of expertise and experience in the natural and social sciences and in the actual implementation of nature conservation projects. We have all sat down with local community members and had many cups of tea, and whenever possible we will strive to bring direct benefits not only to the reserves, but also their local communities.

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HotSpot Patrons is the cumulation of Susan Pierce-Platais’ lifetime passion for nature and search for how to make concrete impacts towards saving our Earth’s biodiversity. After co-founding a rural land trust (an entity that facilitates private lands conservation) that is still in operation today in the USA over 25 years ago and working for a decade in private lands conservation, Susan noted the lack of support globally for conservation on privately-owned lands.  Considering 70%-90% of the earth’s remaining unprotected terrestrial plant and animal biodiversity is housed on privately-owned lands, it was evident more needed to be done.  Focusing on Conservation Imperatives within Biological Hotspots (find out more under “Where We Work”) helps HotSpot Patrons prioritize our efforts to make the biggest conservation impact possible.