The Secret to Saving the Rainforest
The Brazil nut comprises only a fraction of the international nut trade, but its impact for the individuals and communities who produce the nut is significant, and perhaps for the Kayapo more than others.
Field Guide to Nature Needs Half, Part 2
Kayapo Prowess – Could you defend a rainforest from deforestation without an iPhone? Read the first installment of the Nature Needs Half Field Guide to the Kayapo Project > This is the second installment of a four-part series featuring a...
Field Guide to Nature Needs Half
Traditional Cultures & NGOs Ally to Prevent the Wholesale Deforestation of the Rainforest This is the first installment of a four-part series featuring a partner project in the Nature Needs Half Network. Each installment will run weekly, and every month we...
Sustainable Economic Development
Kayapo: Sustainable Economic Development Collaborative Conservation Agreement The Kayapo seek economic development in their communities so that members have cash to buy the manufactured items they have come to need. In order to help the Kayapo gain economic autonomy...
Purpose, Action, Results
Kayapo: Purpose, Action & Results Collaborative Conservation Agreement Purpose Government support for protected areas including indigenous lands in the southeast Amazon has been tenuous to absent. Over the past fifteen years NGOs have played a crucial role in...
Background
Kayapo: Background Collaborative Conservation Agreement The Xingu River, a major tributary of the Amazon in Brazil, begins in the semi-deciduous forests and woodland-savannas of Mato Grosso state and flows north for 2,700 km across varying topography before ending in...
Collaborative Conservation Agreements
Partner Projects Collaborative Conservation Agreements In addition to the impact of our core programs, WILD creates solutions for wilderness, wildlife and people through a commitment to collaboration. We are committed to expanding the conservation movement, not just...
Solar lights up the Amazon
At our 8th World Wilderness Congress in 2005 (Anchorage, Alaska), WILD launched the Native Lands and Wilderness Council to ensure the inclusion of native leaders in mainstream wildlands conservation. Kayapo spokepersons participated in and have since become a valued...
Conservation Photography: The Big Picture
We can be nature’s eyes. Conservation photography has been a long-time medium for furthering environmental issues and success stories. Beginning in the 1860’s with photographers like Ansel Adams & William Henry Jackson, these images have served as a...