Big Bend/Rio Bravo, USA-Mexico conservation success
Good things often take awhile, and are worth waiting for… In late 2008 we were planning practical outcomes for WILD9 (the 9th World Wilderness...
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A Bison Blog—From Yellowstone to Haarlem
In a recent, three-day period I had wild encounters of a similar sort on two continents. Both encounters tell a story of past and current...
The Conservation Quandary, by Ian Michler
Ian Michler, a top wildlife guide, photojournalist and naturalist, has spent the last decade documenting the major conservation challenges facing...
Quebec’s Committment to HALF
Last month, the Quebec government said it plans “to dedicate 50% of the territory of the Plan Nord to protecting the environment, safeguarding...
ICOSA Radio features Harvey Locke on Nature Needs Half
A few weeks ago, ICOSA, a Denver CO based organization, hosted Harvey Locke on their radio show to talk about large landscape connectivity, the...
New Resource on Marine Protected Areas
Most often when we discuss “wilderness areas” the first image that comes into mind is a big, wild area of land. For me, I think of...
The State of the Elephant
Last week the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the international body created to protect wildlife from...
KAZA – A Major Step for Transboundary Conservation in Africa
A major step for wild nature and people in Southern Africa occurred on 18 August 2011 at the summit of the Southern African Development Community...
Scholarship for Environmental Leaders—Growing Natural Leaders
WILD and its sister organizations in Africa and the UK are primarily known as wilderness-focused conservation organizations, but we have a unique...
“I Imagined” – Poem from Recent Umzi Wethu Graduate
Below is a poem by recent Umzi Wethu graduate Geovalda Cupido, who was part of the Umzi 8 Conservation Academy. Umzi Wethu, a program run by the...
Exploring Wilderness, Reflections on Body Painting
The landscape of the human body is a “wilderness” in its own right. For longer than anything else created by wild nature, the bodyscape has been a...
In Celebration of Nelson Mandela’s 93rd Birthday
Today, we celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 93rd birthday. It is truly a day of celebration and one that is especially important here at WILD...
Volkswagen Amarok drives the Rhino Protection Initiative
Exciting news from our sister organization, The Wilderness Foundation (in South Africa)…. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles today announced the...
Ian Player Perspectives – Wilderness, Dreams and the Bible
Text from Ian’s February 2011 address to the Game Rangers Association of Africa. Please let me begin by thanking everyone for coming this...
EcoSchools at Isandlwana
On of the ongoing programs in the Isandlwana Village (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) is Eco-Schools. This program brings environmental learning and...
Report from the WILD9 Strategy Forum: Transboundary Environments and Adaptation to Climate Change
Wherever political boundaries traverse ecosystems, the conservation of biodiversity and management of ecosystems is more complex and difficult. In...
The Inner Journey
Part 5 of our wilderness journey Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons. It is what we leave...
The Food
Part 4 of our wilderness journey Simphiwe told us to catch some grasshoppers for dinner, but not the colorful ones because they were noxious tasting...
The Camp
Part 3 of our wilderness journey I have to admit that I was a little nervous about 5 days of backpacking with no tent. Somehow, a tent give me a...