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The WILD Foundation - A
Voice for Wilderness
Founded in 1974, WILD is the only international organization
dedicated entirely and explicitly to wilderness protection
around the world.
Working for Wilderness, Wildlife and
People
WILD works to protect the planet’s last wild places and the
wildlife and people who depend upon them, because wilderness
areas provide essential social, spiritual, biological and
economic benefits. We believe that intact wilderness areas
are an essential core element of a healthy modern society.
Our Main
Program Areas
How WILD Works:
• We bring the wilderness conservation
community together and achieve practical conservation
results through the
World Wilderness Congresses and
through the
Wilderness Task Force of the International
Union for the Conservation of Nature;
• We compile and disseminate the latest information on
wilderness conservation;
• We develop and field test new approaches to wilderness
conservation;
• We work with traditional societies to learn from their
experiences as land stewards, and to help protect their wild
ancestral lands;
• We develop new tools for designating and managing
wilderness protected areas;
• We incubate wilderness conservation organizations in other
countries;
• We work with the Wilderness Network to provide
experiential wilderness programs;
• We train wilderness protected area managers; and
• We implement wildlife protection projects.
The World Wilderness Congresses and the Wilderness Task
Force (a task force of the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature) give WILD unique convening power. We
bring people together from every part of the planet and
every walk of life, we gather their stories and information,
we celebrate their successes, we provide them with tools and
resources, and most importantly, we help channel their
energy, passion, and creativity into new and more effective
conservation.
Our ability to leverage people and resources, and our
commitment to organizing networks and forming partnerships
allows us to generate results in the field quickly,
efficiently – and far beyond the ability of most small
organizations
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