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Tracks of Giants: Driving to Rocky Point

30 April, at the base camp in Purros, NW Namibia– We packed for the first 5 days which would be a Wilderness Leadership School type wilderness trail, or trek, that would launch TRACKS on the coast of Namibia, headed east for 5 months to the Indian Ocean.  Packed and ready to go, at 1000 hours we piled into the back-up vehicles for the drive through the rough, dune-dotted, arid landscape towards the coast. Vehicles were full, so I did the day on top of the land cruiser, jostling and bouncing for the entire 90 km. We stopped along the way for ... Read More

2014 as the International Year for Wilderness

WILD Foundation president Vance Martin attended via Skype conference the Wild Europe steering committee meeting in Brussels recently. Wild Europe is an NGO-driven process in cooperation with the European Commission in which WILD has been one participant among others such as Toby Aykroyd (Wilderness Foundation, UK), Zoltan Kun (Executive Director of PAN Parks), and many more. It has been coordinating efforts for several years across the continent to develop a wilderness definition for Europe in response to the European Parliament's resolution on wilderness in February 2009. In the meeting and in a letter afterwards, Zoltan ... Read More

Andrew Muir Awarded at World Economic Forum on Africa

Five leading innovators were named the Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2012 Africa by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Among the five winners is WILD's close friend and colleague Andrew Muir, Executive Director of the Wilderness Foundation South Africa! Read More

Tracks of Giants expedition to launch May 1st!

May 1st is just around the corner! The Tracks of Giants website has been launched, the intro video is complete, people are following along on Facebook and Twitter, and the team is ready to go. Don't miss out on this exciting journey--be sure to follow along with this team of dedicated conservationists as they traverse over 5,000 kilometres through six countries, through South Africa as they complete the entire journey on foot, by kayak, and on mountain bikes, without the use of motorized transportation.  This expedition will raise global awareness of the importance of human/wildlife issues and transfrontier conservation – nature ... Read More

Florida Wildlife Corridor featured on NPR

On Earth Day 2012, the Florida Wildlife Corridor team --a partner project of The WILD Foundation-- closed their 100 day, 1,000 mile expedition at the Stephen C. Foster State Park in Georgia. The FWC explorers -- photographer Carlton Ward Jr, bear biologist Joe Guthrie, conservationist Mallory Lykes Dimmitt and filmmaker Elam Stoltzfus -- successfully traveled from the Florida Everglades to the Okefenokee Swamp in Southern Georgia. Read More

WILDCorp

A Corporate Commitment to Wilderness WILDCorp was launched at WILD9 (Mexico, 2009).  Over 15 corporations constituted an action-oriented forum to work with each other, WILD, and its partners to further advance the protection of wild nature and its values for human society. Primarily focused in Mexico and Latin America for now, WILDCorp is an ongoing program facilitated by WILD and its Mexican-based partner, Naturalia. >Read about the history of the Corporate Commitment to Wilderness WILDCorp’s current, featured partner is Fresnillo, PLC, who is working closely with Naturalia on numerous initiatives.  Fresnillo  is the world’s largest primary silver producer and the second largest gold producer in Mexico. ... Read More

Veterans Expeditions to Wilderness

Yesterday afternoon, our friend and colleague Stacy Bare paid us a nice visit at the WILD office. Stacy recently wrote an article for our International Journal of Wilderness about his experience with the war in Iraq, where he served as a U.S. Army Captain from 2006-2007 and received the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service. When Stacy returned home from service, he had difficulty readjusting to the non-war, soft lifestyle of everyday American life.  He was not alone in feeling uninspired and bored with chain restaurants, the daily routine, and pop culture...his fellow soldiers felt this too.  In his article, Stacy refers ... Read More

Dr Ian Player receives the Anton Rupert Award

Peace Parks Foundation CEO, Mr Werner Myburgh (second from right), hands the Anton Rupert Award certificate to Dr Ian Player (second from left). Dr Player and Mr Myburgh are flanked by Mrs Ann Player and by Dr Frank Raimondo, member of the Peace Parks Foundation Executive Committee and Board of Directors. On 5 April 2012, the inaugural Anton Rupert Award for Lifetime Achievement in Conservation was presented to Dr Ian Player by Mr Werner Myburgh, Peace Parks Foundation CEO, and Dr Frank Raimondo, member of the Peace Parks Foundation Board of Directors. By handing him the Award, Peace Parks Foundation ... Read More

“A heart for rhinos”– Interview with Dr. Ian Player

In this upcoming April edition of Africa Geographic, Dr Ian Player--WILD's founder--is interviewed by Rachel Lang about the past and present rhino poaching crisis. Dr Player is a ‘man of many reasons’ for wilderness: African game ranger, international diplomat, writer, lecturer, wilderness guide, and a man of culture, the arts and psychology. Ian brings all of these parts of himself to bear on a single mission: to assure that wilderness remains a constant reality, and a source of spiritual inspiration, prosperity and fundamental physical life ... Read More

Renegade soldiers declare coup in Mali

A bloodless military coup has occurred in the Western Africa state of Mali, where WILD's Mali Elephant Project is located. We are very happy to inform everyone that our field staff and associates are  in no immediate danger. Check back for more updates! >>Learn more about the elephants of Mali Renegade soldiers in Mali declared Thursday that they have seized power in the West African nation and dissolved public institutions because of the government's handling of an insurgency. Read More