Supporting conservation

Contributions to conservation

For almost two decades, we have implemented habitat improvement and restoration projects at some of our operated assets and company-owned lands. These include regulatory required biodiversity offsets, strategic voluntary biodiversity offsets and regulatory required compensatory wetland mitigation executed for operated assets in Alaska, Australia and Canada. On company-owned lands in the Permian and the Louisiana Coastal Wetlands, we have implemented voluntary conservation projects to enhance, benefit, improve or restore habitats and ecosystems. To date, our contribution to conservation is over 65,900 acres.

Voluntary conservation agreements

Strategic initiatives like voluntary conservation agreements also help to prevent adverse impacts to biodiversity and sensitive habitats near our operations. These formal agreements with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and/or other federal or state agencies include stipulations governing the timing of certain development activities within specific species habitats or sensitive areas. In 2024, we had enrolled over 470,000 acres in voluntary conservation agreements in Texas and New Mexico.

Proactive conservation

Proactive conservation describes voluntary efforts with the goal of conserving or restoring biodiversity and habitats, focusing on conservation of species, primarily in the U.S. Lower 48, before they need to be protected through government regulations. Voluntary conservation actions benefit species that are at risk of becoming threatened or endangered in the future as well as species already designated. Our efforts are designed to create positive outcomes by reducing impact on biodiversity or nature and by contributing to restoration.

ConocoPhillips has provided long-term support for the conservation, restoration and improvement of habitats through collaboration with our conservation partners. Since 2014, roughly 400 bird migration routes have been tracked and more than 40 scientific discoveries have been published, enabled by funding ConocoPhillips provided to the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Project. Working with other notable partners such as the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Yellowstone Forever, Pheasants Forever and Migratory Bird Joint Ventures, we supported dozens of projects in 2024 that will improve and expand habitat size, connectivity and quality to benefit grassland bird species, large game, such as pronghorn, elk and mule deer, fish and other aquatic species.