Conservation Science and Finance — In Action

Empowering Businesses and Communities to Protect Biodiversity

What We Do

Guiding Investments for a Healthy Planet

We work on the assessment and improvement of local changes in humanity's ecological relationship with the Earth, guiding investments in the value streams of nature based on this sense of place.

Ecology is our first language — biodiverse and intrinsically valuable process and species relationships unique to every location, essential to the well-being of all communities, local to global.

Genetic & species diversity

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Ecosystem functionality and integrity

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Ecoregional connectivity

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Genetic & species diversity • Ecosystem functionality and integrity • Ecoregional connectivity •

How We Do It

Solutions for Real Conservation and Restoration

We help you answer key questions: How does your enterprise or project help, or harm, biodiversity? Are your services and products truly “greening” nature, and how can you do better?  

The MendWild approach creates conservation and restoration solutions using science and action research. This is rooted in local cultural wisdom, the rights of nature, and technological innovation.

ALL of these elements are essential to respect, repair, restore, and rewild nature. 

MendWild client work focuses on developing and financing biodiversity conservation and restoration initiatives and strategies using a broad toolbox and analytics action plans. 

Service Areas

Developing, refining and applying rigorous methodologies.

Science & Finance Consulting

Planning and supporting effective conservation projects

Design & Development

Cultivating optimal natural value streams with project leaders.

Local Community Project Support

Structuring deals and capital flows unique to each local context.

Investment Strategy Advising

Connecting land stewards, certifiers, investors, and buyers.

Specialist Referral Network

Our Leadership Team

MendWild’s core team has over 50 years of combined experience in natural science, ecological economics, and biodiversity informatics. Our network community of practice also brings together Earth stewards and nature tenders, social scientists and inventors, engineers and technology developers, entrepreneurs, private investors, and many others.

James R. Pittman, M.Sc. — Cofounder

Director of Economics and Finance

James is an ecological economist and sustainability entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in green businesses and investment finance advancing carbon, biodiversity and ecosystem service projects. He is also CEO of Real Value Group, a Member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, as well as an internationally endorsed public speaker and stakeholder facilitator.

  • In prior roles, James was a co-founder of Earth Economics, an international consultancy focused on economic analysis of nature’s benefits and ecosystem services, and early innovation supporting AI tool development. He has served as an executive or Board member of 11 startup business/nonprofit enterprises, and as an expert advisor to the GRI and SASB. For many years, James taught for the world’s first sustainable business MBA program, at Pinchot University, and the International Society of Sustainability Professionals.

    James holds an M.Sc. awarded with distinction in Ecological Economics from the University Edinburgh, a M.A. in Whole Systems Design from Antioch University, and a B.A. in Ecology and Sustainable Development from Prescott College. He also completed professional certificates in Project-level Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting from the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, as well as in Advanced Corporate Strategy and Enterprise Valuation from the Corporate Finance Institute.

Anthony J. Giordano, Ph.D. — Cofounder

Director of Science and Analytics

Anthony is a wildlife ecologist and conservation entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in applied research, social and technological innovation, and on-the-ground project and system design and development. He is currently CEO of S.P.E.C.I.E.S. (Society for the Preservation of Endangered Carnivores & International Ecological Study), and the International Programs Coordinator for the new Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence at Colorado State University.  

  • Through his work in more than 50 countries, Anthony is a globally recognized thought leader on merging big conservation goals and sustainable business strategies, with science, technology, and innovation. A past Fulbright Scholar for his pioneering work to protect jaguars in South America and two-time finalist for the Theordore Roosevelt Genius Prize for his innovative use of AI to save wildlife, he was recently acknowledged by the Explorers Club as one of 50 people changing the world.

    Anthony is a member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission and more than a dozen Specialist and Working Groups, a certified conservation facilitator (IUCN) and active scientist who has worked on over 100 endangered and threatened species, and is credited with more than 150 publications. He holds a Ph.D. in Wildlife Science and Management from Texas Tech University, an M.Sc. in Conservation Biology and Applied Ecology from Frostburg State University, and a double B.Sc. in Zoology and Environmental Science from Long Island University.

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