by Vance Martin | Mar 19, 2012
The rhino poaching crisis is escalating daily. Of the world’s total rhinos (approximately 20,000 white rhino, and 4,000 black rhino), 80% are in South Africa, so that is where the poaching syndicates concentrate. So far this year, until 15 March, 135 rhino have been...
by Amy Lewis | Nov 14, 2011
It’s official! WILD is honored by the US Forest Service as this year’s recipient of the Bob Marshall Award for Group Champion of Wilderness Stewardship. This award recognizes our dedication to wilderness stewardship, partnerships with the US land...
by Vance Martin | Nov 3, 2011
Good things often take awhile, and are worth waiting for… In late 2008 we were planning practical outcomes for WILD9 (the 9th World Wilderness Congress), with The WILD Foundation and our partners trying to create better wilderness awareness in Mexico and better...
by Emily Loose | Sep 29, 2011
Last month, the Quebec government said it plans “to dedicate 50% of the territory of the Plan Nord to protecting the environment, safeguarding biodiversity and developing the natural heritage, as well as to various types of development that do not rely on...
by Vance Martin | Aug 22, 2011
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 (SADC). At the closing session, the presidents of Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana signed the treaty that...
by Emily Loose | Aug 17, 2010
The Kayapo territories span 10.5 million hectares in the Xingu region of southeastern Amazon of Brazil and form possibly the largest single protected tract of tropical forest in the world. The protection of these traditional lands can be traced to an historically...
by Vance Martin | Aug 13, 2010
News reports today verify that public, governmental, and financial markets are beginning to react against Coal of Africa’s mining operations that are damaging the Maqpungubwe National Park and World Heritage area. As we mentioned yesterday on TalkingWILD, the damage...
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by Emily Loose | Aug 2, 2010
On 12 July, land owners conservationists, government authorities, national and international conservation organizations, scientists and business owners met to address the complex and highly urgent task of protecting, restoring and sustainably managing the Water...
by Vance Martin | May 20, 2010
On May 19, in a significant step towards the first “peace park” between Mexico and the United States, protecting important transboundary wildlands, President of Mexico Felipe Calderon visited Washington DC and, with US President Barack Obama, made the following...
by Cyril Kormos | Mar 9, 2010
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...
