WILD Foundation - Projects

Projects

• Wild Chimpanzee Foundation - saving chimpanzees in their natural habitat
• Tracks of Giants - Following ancient African elephant migration paths
• Forever Wild Rhino Protection - collects information on the persons involved with the poaching of rhinos, to better deter and detain poachers.
• Ewaso Lions - promotes the conservation of lions through research and community-based outreach programs.
• Zulu Village Project - works to build local leadership and economy while fostering cultural traditions and environmental stewardship with the Zulu people.
• Wilderness Foundation (Africa)- WILD’s sister organization in South Africa
• Quicama National Park - works with the Kissama Foundation the organization that oversees the park and other conservation efforts in Angola, ranges from capacity building to paying park staff.
• Umzi Wethu - Training AIDS orphans and Vulnerable Youth for Conservation Employment
• The Mali Elephant Project - Saving the very last herd of elephants in the arid Sahel
• CAT in WATER - is a multimedia expedition to track and document the elusive fishing cat, of which only about 10,000 remain in the world.
• Endangered Olive Ridley Turtles - working to help the endangered Olive Ridley turtle survive construction of a port in one of their three vital nesting grounds.
• European Wilderness Policy - played a supporting role in the Conference on Wilderness and Large Natural Habitats
• Wilderness Foundation (UK)- WILD’s sister organization in the U.K.
• Corporate Commitment to Wilderness - a coalition of corporations that represent an action-oriented forum to protect wilderness areas.
• The Kayapo - work with the Kayapo to strengthen their capacity for territorial protection and sustainable resource management.
• North American Cooperation on Wilderness - signed by seven North American government agencies at WILD9, the 9th World Wilderness Congress (WWC)
• Colorado - working with the founders of Boulder’s Open Space to re-awaken the Nature movement and celebrate the legacy of protected land that is entrusted to Boulder citizens, and developing wildlife interstate crossings in Colorado
• Transboundary Canada - works with partners in Canada and the United States to permanently protect the Flathead River, joining it the Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
• Wilderness Visionaries - honors and celebrates leaders, who have dedicated their lives to the preservation of wild-nature.
• Public Sculpture - using art to communicate conservation
• Wilderness Conservation Painting Expedition - artist Beatriz Padilla visits and paints wildland areas around the world, engaging local communities along the way
• Extreme Ice Survey - photographer James Balog documents short-term, rapid changes in glaciers, caused by global warming.