The Conservation Council of Nations exists to establish an international network that includes nations with the knowledge and expertise to address biodiversity and habitat loss and the consequences they may have on future generations. These nations need to guide developing nations to use natural resources in a sustainable fashion with the smallest environmental footprint in order to facilitate economic development.

The Conservation Council of Nations will not only create a strong network for its members to establish, foster, and grow relationships with the ICCF's strong base of corporate and NGO partners, government leaders, and other partner nations, but will work to prioritize and build consensus on issues that affect natural resource management and its strong links to poverty alleviation, sustainable economic development, and conflict avoidance in the developing world. With the strength and diversity of ICCF's NGO and corporate base, the Conservation Council of Nations has an unprecedented opportunity to become an active global force in conservation as a means of global development.