by Emily Loose | Jun 25, 2009
Andrew Muir, Director of The Wilderness Foundation (Africa) was honored as a 2008 Rolex Laureate for his work on the Umzi Wethu AIDS orphan project and will be featured in a National Geographic Documentary! The Rolex Awards honor those who “demonstrate a spirit...
by Emily Loose | Jun 23, 2009
The field team in Mali has just sent some updates on the severe drought situation which threatened the survival of the unique elephants of Mali. Dr. Susan Canney, our conservation outreach specialist, and Jake Wall of Save the Elephants have been on-ground in Mali,...
by Emily Loose | Jun 18, 2009
Russel Wicka, a guest writer on Talking WILD, is a Supervisory Forest Technician for the Tongass National Forest, Yakutat Ranger District. This article was published in the Winter 2009 Alaska Region SourDough Notes. Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula is home to some...
by Emily Loose | Jun 16, 2009
The Prague conference was an exciting new step in the drive to protect the remaining 1% of Europe’s land that is still wild, with sincere congratulations hanks to the visionary chairmanship of Ladislav Miko (currently the Czech Minister of Environment), and the...
by Emily Loose | Jun 11, 2009
The Government of Canada has just announced designation of a huge addition to the Nahanni National Park in the NW Territory. The total size of this new protected area is some 7.5 million acres – nearly three times the size of Yellowstone National Park! ...