Why do Environmental Charities Matter?
If you’re searching for an effective environmental charity to donate to, chances are you already understand the stakes. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem collapse are not abstract, future threats. They are happening now, and they are deeply connected.
At WILD we believe that the single best strategy to address both climate change and mass extinction is protecting large, intact ecosystems and supporting the people who defend them. This means supporting Indigenous leadership, community-driven conservation, and international policy efforts that keep ecosystems intact. We are all connected, we are all a part of our wild planet, and we are all needed to come together in support of our only planet.
Your donation to WILD helps advance the global goal of protecting at least Half of Earth’s land and seas– a science based target essential for stabilizing the climate, preventing species loss, and safeguarding our future.
What makes WILD different
There are a lot of environmental nonprofits doing important work, but here’s why we think you should believe in us.
WILD Focuses on:
- Large-scale, evidence based conservation
- Indigenous and community leadership
- Policy change and global movement building, because we can’t save our planet alone
- Protecting biodiversity as a climate solution (learn more here)
4 of WILD’s high-impact, cost-effective, evidence-based, & nature-positive initiatives
The Mali Elephant Landscapes protects an ecosystem the size of Switzerland while supporting nearly 400,000 people living alongside endangered elephants. This internationally recognized program addresses conservation at its root: restoring healthy relationships between people and nature.
It is a proven model for biodiversity protection, conflict reduction, and community resilience in a changing climate.
The rainforest stewarded by the Yawanawá people is among the most biodiverse and carbon-rich ecosystems on Earth. WILD partners with the Yawanawá community to support their Life Plan, defend territorial sovereignty, and protect the Amazon rainforest they have cared for for generations.
In the Amazon, Indigenous land tenure protects biodiversity and strengthens Indigenous leadership.
The boreal forest of Sápmi stores more carbon than almost any other terrestrial ecosystem and is being logged at alarming rates. WILD Sápmi partners with the Sámi community to defend old-growth forests, protect Indigenous land rights, and strengthen grassroots resistance to industrial extraction.
Protecting boreal forests is critical for climate stability.
Climate and biodiversity solutions must outlast any single generation. CoalitionWILD supports young conservation leaders worldwide with mentorship, resources, and global platforms, especially those from communities most affected by environmental loss.
This work ensures today’s solutions continue into the future.
WHY GIVE NOW TO WILD
From today, we have only 10 years to effectively address the climate and extinction crises if we are to avert catastrophic impacts in the 21st century. To do this, humanity must mobilize more communities, urge scientifically based solutions, and provide action-based models for a future in which our biosphere and civilization survive. You can do what is necessary to ensure humanity and wild nature can live together. Our future depends on it.
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