What is the Silvan Foundation?

Silvan is an environmental nonprofit which permanently preserves land: there is no commercial use of the land we preserve.  Our mission is to permanenelty preserve land, and to help reduce carbon emissions.

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What does Silvan do?

Silvan buys land, and we accept land donations. Then we permanently preserve that land: no new roads,

buildings, logging, mining, agriculture, dams, extraction or resale.  To support our mission we help people learn how to reduce their carbon emissions, and sell energy reduction products.

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How is Silvan different?

Silvan is a preservation organization. Unlike many conservation organizations, we preserve land entirely and permanently, rather than partially and temporarily.​  Also, Silvan doesn't rely solely on donations to further it's mission - we sell energy reduction products and invest the net revenue in land.

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Why land preservation?

We believe that some part of the planet needs to be preserved from human impact if all its species are to have a long term future.

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What are Silvan's principles?

Integrity first: No greenwashing, no deceptive tactics, no unsupported claims.

Preservation over Conservation: Protecting land entirely and permanently.

Science over opinions: Peer reviewed research is our best source of information.

Unity over division: We're all in this together - one climate, one ocean, one irreplaceable planet.