Wildlife Works is a community-focused wildlife conservation company that employs market-based solutions to safeguard endangered wildlife and threatened wilderness areas. Founded on the principle that wildlife conservation must benefit the local communities, the company channels financial resources directly to forest communities, supporting their economic development while preventing millions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions from entering the atmosphere annually.

The company's headquarters are in Mill Valley, California, with additional offices in North Carolina and Vermont. Internationally, the company has established offices in Cambodia, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Kenya, Panama, Tanzania, and the United Kingdom.

Wildlife Works provides economic solutions for environmental conservation by financing community-led conservation efforts in some of the world's most threatened habitats. They offer nature-based carbon credits and other tradable conservation financing units to support these projects.

Notable initiatives include the Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which protects 300,000 hectares of rainforest, and the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project in Kenya, safeguarding 200,000 hectares of dry-land forest. The Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project, its inaugural project, supports an ecosystem home to 14,000 endangered elephants and other threatened species such as leopards, cheetahs, lions, and the African wild dog.

Employing over 1,000 people worldwide, Wildlife Works is a global leader in using REDD+ to combat environmental degradation and reduce emissions from deforestation. The company directs millions of dollars to indigenous populations in crucial forests, ensuring that communities benefit from preserving local landscapes and promoting wildlife-friendly development. These payments include direct revenue for self-determined development plans and investments in infrastructure, education, medical care, social programs, and job creation.

Mike Korchinsky, a Canadian-born entrepreneur now based in the U.S., founded Wildlife Works in 1997 to protect wildlife-rich forests by providing alternatives to slash-and-burn agriculture and poaching. The company's operations began with an eco-factory in Kasigau, Kenya, using financing from selling organic, fair-trade apparel to support local sustainable development and wilderness conservation. By 2008, Korchinsky and they were pioneering efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation through the United Nations' REDD+ initiative, promoting the role of carbon markets in financing global forest conservation.

Today, the company continues to expand its portfolio of REDD+-funded projects, positioning itself as a leading organization in this field. From the Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project in Kenya, the company actively promotes conservation. It protects endangered species by compensating forest communities for their conservation efforts.