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Update on Olive Ridley Turtles and the Dhamra Port, Orissa India: Controversial Involvement of International Union of the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
As many of you know, WILD has a long history of involvement with the special Olive Ridley sea turtles. These turtles are currently known to nest en-mass in only three locations world-wide, one of which is Gaharimatha National Park, just south of the Dhamra River where...![Insights from WILD’s President](https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Vance-Martin-Ian-Player-Idaho-1987-300x221.jpg)
Insights from WILD’s President
The following few excerpts are from Sanctuary Asia (April 2010), India’s leading wildlife, conservation and environment magazine. Sanctuary Asia was started by Editor Bittu Sahgal (a long-time friend and trustee of WILD) in 1981 to raise awareness among Indians...Marine Protected Areas and much more at the Western Wilderness Conference
The Western Wilderness Conference will take place from April 8-11 at the University of California in Berkeley, California. Sponsored by the California Wilderness Coalition and the Sierra Club, the Western Wilderness Conference includes organizations from all twelve...The Aftermath
Since the dismal conclusion of the Copenhagen talks, experts following the UN climate change negotiations have been trying to sort out whether the Copenhagen Accord was a step forward or not. Some have begun calling it the Copenhagen Discord. Some have taken a gentler...![Toasting to Wilderness in Africa with Mexican Tequila](https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/imbed-in-article-at-beginning-300x201.jpg)
Toasting to Wilderness in Africa with Mexican Tequila
The WILD Foundation was born in the African wilderness. Last month I was in Southern Africa to review a few of our projects, attend board meetings, and to be with our network of colleagues and friends who form the backbone of our work there for wilderness, wildlife...![Nomkhubulwane’s North American Tour](https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Youth-band-4-email-300x225.jpg)
Nomkhubulwane’s North American Tour
This past week, Nomhubulwane went on parade through Juarez, Mexico, a city with a violent reputation. There was a lively parade with music, dancing and general good spirits and much celebration and discussion along with her visit. Juarez, Mexico is just a short drive...![Project Report from Isandlwana](https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/IMG_1664-300x200.jpg)
Project Report from Isandlwana
EDUCATION: EDUPEG: 7 Schools within the programme at present but the project is not really achieving the required results. It appears that most schools are only using the materials when the Edu-peg educators visit the village and are not really integrating this into...![The WWC Chronicles – Carla Mora-Trejos](https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/CarlaMoraTrejos-300x198.jpg)
The WWC Chronicles – Carla Mora-Trejos
My experience at the Wilderness Management Seminar and WILD9, Carla Mora-Trejos, Clemson University Graduate Student I visited wilderness in my home country, and in one of these places I found a reason to live, it showed me where I am supposed to go. Unfortunately,...![The WWC Chronicles: Tina Tin](https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/TinaTin-300x225.jpg)
The WWC Chronicles: Tina Tin
Tina Tin, freelance consultant and an adviser to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, participated in the WILD9 Wilderness Management Seminar and Congress at large. Here’s what she has to say….. I’m not exaggerating when I say that the Wilderness...And then there were three
The Copenhagen Climate talks were supposed to be the place where the global community finally achieved broad consensus, providing at the very least a political way forward that everyone could rally behind. Conservationists hoped that this new consensus would include...![The WWC Chronicles: Leonel Perales](https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/EfrainLeonel-300x226.jpg)
The WWC Chronicles: Leonel Perales
Mi experiencia en el Congreso Mundial de Tierras Silvestre/ My experience at the 9th World Wilderness Congress: Efrain Leonel Perales, Ecology Student at Sonora University; Comcaac Community member Desde el momento de que me llego la invitación para ir al congreso,...![International League of Conservation Writers](https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ILCW-logo-44736_1080x675.jpg)
International League of Conservation Writers
One of the many outcomes from WILD9, the 9th World Wilderness Congress (6-13 November 2009, Merida, Mexico), was the formation of the International League of Conservation Writers. A development of the 3-day Writers Seminar Series, an esteemed group of environmental...![Can We Stop Trying to Control Nature?](https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/canwestoptryingtocontrolnature.jpg)
Can We Stop Trying to Control Nature?
This post is an excerpt from an article from the International Journal of Wilderness (April 2000, vol.6 no.1 ) by James M. Glover. I think you will enjoy his insight into what it means to control nature, and if indeed we can protect land without controlling nature....![Update on the Elephants of Pafuri](https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/KNP_bulls_2009_11-170822_765x675.jpg)
Update on the Elephants of Pafuri
As mentioned in previous posts, WILD is involved with a project to track elephant movements in Pafuri (a region of Kruger National Park) lead by Wilderness Safari Wildlife Trust. We received an update on the collaring project, which tracks the elephant’s...![Celebration of the Zululand Lions](https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/m46timA-1.jpg)
Celebration of the Zululand Lions
Below is an expert from a story by Tim Condon in the Zululand Observer celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the lion named “Nkozi.”
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World AIDS Day – A Message from Umzi Wethu
Today the world acknowledges the remarkable recent progress in HIV/AIDS awareness, detection, and remediation. As the Wilderness Network commends this progress, it remains confronted daily with the reality of the stigma, denial, and continued contraction of HIV at an...![World Wilderness Congress Legends: 1983, Scotland](https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/3wwc_ian_vgm_vanderpost.jpg)
World Wilderness Congress Legends: 1983, Scotland
This photo from the 3rd World Wilderness Congress (Inverness and Findorn, Scotland 1983) shows Ian Player (founder of the WWC, WILD and the members of The Wilderness Network), Sir Laurens van der Post (journalist, humanitarian, philospher, conservationist, etc), and...News on the Elephants Tracking Project in Pafuri
Tracking animal movements is a key part in large-scale conservation, especially with keystone species such as bears, cougars, elephant and gorillas. Knowing how animals move, seasonal variations and changes due to climate, development or other reasons, can inform...![International Photography Expedition Documents B.C.’s Threatend Flathead River Valley](https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/harveylocke-web.jpg)