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Our world is ever changing – glaciers are melting, new wilderness areas are designated, species are disappearing, new species are discovered. WILD is constantly on the move too; our programs are growing in new and exciting ways and the need for wilderness protection has never been greater.
How can we get all of this news to you? The WILD blog! This blog will track issues and stories related to international wilderness, as well as WILD and WILD partner programs. We invite you to contribute your ideas, stories and news, as well as create dialogue on posts.
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Who’s Behind the WILD Blog?
Vance G. Martin, President, The WILD Foundation
Vance joined WILD as president in 1984 after 15 years in international small-business and non-profit management. An innovative leader known for bridging the interests of people and nature, he has lived extensively overseas, worked in over 40 countries, and helped to establish many non-profits. He has served on the boards of numerous organizations such as the Cheetah Conservation Fund, Friends of Peace Parks, Conservation & Preservation Charities of America, Fulcrum Publishing, Wilderness Foundation (Africa), Wilderness Foundation (UK), and others. He is also the founder and current co-chairman of the IUCN Wilderness Task Force, and has edited and authored many publications. A native of the U.S. Piedmont region, he graduated magna cum laude from West Virginia University.
Ian Player, Founder, The WILD Foundation
While Ian may not be the most avid participant in the blogosphere, he’s a strong believer in the power of a good story. And, he certainly has more than a few good stories to tell. Dr. Player, world recognized originally for saving the White Rhino from extinction, then creating the World Wilderness Congress and founding of The WILD Foundation and its sister organizations which form The Wilderness Network, is one of the world’s most outstanding conservationists. Possibly most well known for his work to save the White Rhino from extinction, Ian’s contributions to conservation are far to many to name. We hope that you’ll enjoy his special contributions to the blog, which can all be found under “Ian Player Perspectives.”
Emily Loose, The WILD Foundation Associate
Prior to joining the WILD family, Emily worked with several non-profits including Thorne Ecological Institute in Colorado and Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc in New York. A Pennsylvania native, Emily completed her B.A. in 2003 at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York and recieved a Masters degree from Regis University in Denver, Colorado in Nonprofit Management. An active Boulderite, Emily spends her weekends and evenings running, training for triathlons, hiking in the mountains, snowboarding, cooking, spending time with family, playing with her big hound dog, Stout and enjoying all of the wonderful things that Colorado is famous for!
Cyril Kormos, VP for Policy, The WILD Foundation
Mr. Kormos holds a B.A. in English from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.Sc. in Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics, and a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School. Mr. Kormos served on the editorial boards of the LSE’s Millennium Journal of International Studies, and GWU’s The Environmental Lawyer. Mr. Kormos is currently Vice President for Policy at The WILD Foundation and is coordinating an initiative entitled “The Wild Planet Project: Making the Case for Wilderness, Wildlands, and People”. The objective of The Wild Planet Project is to assemble the state of the art case for wilderness protection for presentation at the 8th World Wilderness Congress in 2005. Prior to his current position as Senior Director for Program Management in the President’s Office at Conservation International (CI), Mr. Kormos held the positions of Staff Attorney and then Director of CI’s Policy Program.
Dr. Susan Canney, General Adviser & Project Leader for WILD’s Mali Elephant Project
Dr. Susan Canney has worked on a variety of nature conservation projects in Africa, Asia and Europe, including living for several years in Niger and Tanzania. Dr. Canney has also worked as a research officer at the Green College Centre for Environmental Policy & Understanding (UK). In addition to collaborating with WILD, she also currently works with Pisces Conservation studying changing fish populations around the British coast and with the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU- Oxford) to researching the decline of the wild dog population in Zimbabwe.
Susan earned a series of MAs in Natural Sciences (Zoology), Landscape Design, and Environmental Policy. She brought these all together in a Doctorate from Oxford University, earned for understanding the drivers behind changing human land use and its impact on a protected area in Tanzania.
Dr. Canney is also the Secretary and a Co-founder of the Earth Systems Science Special Interest Group of the Geological Society of London, and of the Gaia Network. In addition to all of this, she teaches at University of Oxford and the Green Economics Institute and is part of Forum for the Future’s ‘Reconnections’ team focusing on business leaders.
Melanie Hill, Communications Manager, The WILD Foundation
Melanie graduated in 2009 from Kent State University in Ohio with a Bachelors degree in Photo-Illustration. Upon graduation, she worked at a non-profit animal shelter as a communications specialist, and completed a year of service with Americorps National Civilian Community Corps, Denver Campus. She worked to rebuild homes in New Orleans, prepared taxes for low income residents in Tulsa, OK as a free tax service, and helped the Missouri Department of Conservation with prairie restoration. After living most of her life in Pennsylvania, Melanie decided to make the move to Colorado after her Americorps program ended. She loves spending her time outdoors hiking, biking, skiing, running with her dog and enjoying the beautiful Colorado scenery!
