Where we're going VWT's Vision, Mission and Ten-Year Strategy

Our Vision is that VWT is a catalyst for mammal conservation. Our Mission is to conserve threatened mammals by leading the way with scientifically-sound conservation work.

Our commitment to evidence-based conservation is demonstrated through our role as an Evidence Champion with Conservation Evidence. We plan to further our vision to be a catalyst for conservation, and our mission to conserve threatened mammals, by adopting the Conservation Standards across all aspects of our work; providing a platform for us to increase our effectiveness and share our strategic planning, evidence-based decision making, impact assessment and adaptive conservation management practices with others.

Survey and monitoring, research, education, training and advocacy together represent the work of VWT as it aims to deliver significant change to the fortunes of threatened mammals through a positive and bold conservation strategy. It has extended its reach to prioritise a greater range of species over a larger geographic area, and is working increasingly at a landscape scale across Britain, Ireland and strategically targeted areas of mainland Europe.

By 2030, VWT will have:

• developed, tested and implemented a number of cutting-edge techniques and effective conservation interventions, whichintegrate social science and ecology, for VWT priority mammal populations.

• improved methods of bat conservation at a landscape scale, including techniques for enhancing landscape permeability, roosting opportunities and habitat for VWT priority bats.

• strengthened the resilience of VWT priority bat populations at the local, regional and national level with a comprehensive network of bat reserves.

• managed the recovery of VWT Priority Species so that they are self-sustaining, with minimal conflict, where habitat and other conditions are suitable.

• addressed evidence gaps and data deficiency for VWT Priority Species so that conservation effort is better informed.

Find out more in the Ten-Year Strategy document.