Defending Rainforests Starts by Defending People
The coronavirus pandemic is now sweeping across the Amazon. With no modern healthcare for this modern disease outbreak, the Yawanawá Tribes’ vulnerability increases daily. If we are to end the many environmental emergencies that we now confront, we must take care of nature’s best guardians.
The worms do not care the color of your skin…
In the 1960s South Africa of Apartheid, when non-white people were segregated and subjugated, our founders (Magqubu Ntombela and Ian Player) worked together in the wilderness and, with a team of many races and cultures, saved the white rhino from extinction.
We Stand with #BlackLivesMatter
Environmental justice depends on human justice. You cannot have a world that protects nature without protecting its people first. Black Lives Matter.
Do you know who your neighbors are?
Our backyards and neighborhoods are teeming with wildlife, whether you know it or not.
What do the commercialization of wildlife, climate change, and this pandemic have in common?
There is a critical message trying to cut through the tragedy and turmoil of the pandemic, a message that needs to go viral
What’s love got to do with it?
We have a Nature Emergency like never before experienced…we need a Survival Revolution like never before imagined.
11th World Wilderness Congress (WILD11) Postponement
The safety of our delegates and the larger community is our prevailing concern as the world confronts the emerging COVID-19 pandemic; with that in mind, we are postponing WILD11, the 11th World Wilderness Congress, which was scheduled to take place in March 2020.
Why “WHY” isn’t enough
When we believe in something, it gains energy – but when we go to work on something, it gains power.
Is Realism Helpful?
Rapidly dwindling opportunities to act in time to end the Sixth Extinction and address the climate crisis leave many of us torn between what we think is likely about the future and what we think is possible.
WILD11: Advancing nature-based solutions for climate & human livelihoods
Announcing a new opportunity for the public to influence and take part in a growing international movement to defend Earth’s remaining wilderness: WILD11.
Nature-Based Solutions
Imagine what it’s like trying to have a difficult conversation with 7 billion people to let them know that our biosphere is on the verge of collapse. That is precisely what the Nature Needs Half Network is doing.
The Single Most Important Conversation We Must Have Before We Can Protect Nature
Imagine what it’s like trying to have a difficult conversation with 7 billion people to let them know that our biosphere is on the verge of collapse. That is precisely what the Nature Needs Half Network is doing.
How One Man is Changing the Way China Thinks About Wilderness
Learn how WILD is working with Yang Rui to change the way China thinks about wilderness.
What does leadership look like to you?
Learn how passionate, ambitious, and impatient youth are already designing and developing solutions to the challenges they are facing on the ground, in their communities, every day.
90 Years! Conservation Pioneer, Maggie Bryant, Celebrates Birthday
Maggie Bryant, conservation pioneer, entrepreneur, equestrian, and WILD board member, celebrates her 90th birthday at the end of November 2018. Few individuals have had as large an impact on the conservation of wild places internationally, especially Africa, as Ms. Bryant.
2018 in Review: What we did for wilderness
In acknowledgement of the obstacles we face and the strength we draw upon to overcome these difficulties, WILD’s staff has chosen the following phrase to inspire them throughout the year: “We persist so that nature prevails.”
CoalitionWILD: Stories from young conservation leaders empowered to save the planet
CoalitionWILD was represented at the World Leaders’ Conservation Forum in early October, sharing to the delegation our vision for empowering the next generation.
Procession to Honor the Vaquita: A Ritual to Heal our Relationship with Nature
The vaquita porpoise is the smallest of all cetaceans and is on the verge of extinction. This performance was designed to mourn the 500 vaquitas that we lost in the past 20 years, and to help us heal for this 6th Mass Extinction that is currently underway.
Mobilizing new advocates for wild nature through citizen science
As citizen science initiatives continue to increase in popularity, this year’s third annual City Nature Challenge expanded to more than 65 cities across the globe.
The surprising reason behind the disappearance of wolves in Colorado
Something alienates us from more meaningful days, even as it clamps down on our delight in life and gratitude for the wonder of nature. Can you guess what it is? Everywhere you go, it’s there, hidden in plain view. It’s carried on airwaves and spilling over the pages of magazines and newspapers.