The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico is a private non-profit institution and its mission is to protect and enhance the resources and natural beauty of Puerto Rico. The Trust acquires and receives as donations natural areas and the constitution of conservation areas in private lands, among other mechanisms. As a part of its mission, the Trust develops education programs aimed at promoting actions that will lead to the protection and conservation of natural areas. The Trust also has a husbandry program to propagate and distribute native tree species of Puerto Rico to preserve the island's biodiversity.