by Emily Loose | Sep 4, 2008
“In 1983 at the World Wilderness Congress held at Findhorn in Scotland , Vance Martin and I visited the ancestral home of Col. Rouaylen Gordon Cumming and met the grandson. We were shown the famous horn of 56 and a half inches long. It was shot in...
by Emily Loose | Jul 14, 2008
The Dehcho First Nations have a rigorous conservation agenda – their assembly has approved and are urging the Northwest Territory and Federal Government of Canada to expand the Nahanni Park from its current 3,700 sq km to 42,000 sq km. The resolution by the...
by Emily Loose | May 2, 2008
WILD’s work to protect wilderness is routed in the belief that such areas provide essential social, spiritual, biological and economic benefits. There are countless studies, papers, even books on the economic and biological benefits of wilderness areas, but...
by Emily Loose | Apr 15, 2008
Seven amazing leaders from around the world are honored this week as recipients of the 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize. Their experiences and successes vary greatly – from agricultural advancements to protecting ecosystems from nuclear interests to using music...
by Emily Loose | Nov 28, 2007
Wilderness is making a comeback in Europe. There are three packs of wolves in Saxony (Germany); the European lynx has re-appeared in numerous enclaves in Western Europe; the Carpathian Mountains in Romania make up the last large wilderness core area on the...
by Emily Loose | May 23, 2007
Will this mad and mindless destruction ever stop? From 3000 feet, my view out of the old Cessna’s scratched and scarred windows was depressingly clear — the stripped landscape below was a devastating sight. Knowing that only a few years ago it had been...
by Emily Loose | May 22, 2007
Spent yesterday visiting our AIDS and vulnerable children project in the Eastern Cape — the Umzi Wethu Academy for Displaced Youth — talking to the trainees and watching their program. What an impressive effort this is, and what an impact on these first 16...
