 Logo of Butterfly Conservation | |
| Abbreviation | BC |
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| Formation | 1968 |
| Legal status | Nonprofit |
| Purpose | Improving the environment for butterflies and moths. |
| Location |
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Area served | UK-wide |
Membership | More than 40,000 |
President | Sir David Attenborough |
Chief Executive | Julie Williams |
| Website | butterfly-conservation |
Butterfly Conservation (BC) is a UK-wide nonprofit environmentalist organization and charity dedicated to conserving butterflies, moths, and the environment. The charity uses its research to provide advice on how to conserve and restore butterfly and moth habitats and it runs projects to protect more than 100 threatened species of Lepidoptera.[1] Butterfly Conservation is also involved in conserving hundreds of sites and reserves for butterflies and moths throughout the UK.
Butterfly Conservation has more than 37,000 members and 31 volunteer-led Branches throughout the UK, as well as the European Butterflies Group. The organisation's Head Office is based in East Lulworth, Dorset, with additional offices in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.