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International League of Conservation Writers site now live

The International League of Conservation Writers is a forum to bring writers together from all over the world who are writing to promote wilderness, nature, conservation, and other means to protect and restore the natural areas, habitats, animals, and plants of our planet. ILCW will present periodic writing awards to authors who excel in this field. Formed at WILD9, the 9th World Wilderness Congress (Merida, Mexico 6-13 November 2009) during the Writer's Seminars, the ILCW has a growing list of founding fellow and members.  There are 3 levels for membership: Read More

Toasting to Wilderness in Africa with Mexican Tequila

The WILD Foundation was born in the African wilderness. Last month I was in Southern Africa to review a few of our projects, attend board meetings, and to be with our network of colleagues and friends who form the backbone of our work there for wilderness, wildlife and people. It was a productive, warm, and enjoyable rainy season. Among many projects visited, for the first time in several years I went to the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia. CCF was within WILD for 11 years, I am still a Trustee, and we remain good and close partners. Laurie Marker, Bruce ... Read More

New WILD9 Videos!

This week we posted another great chunk of WILD9 presentations on connectivity and wilderness and people -- social issues and conservation solutions and agriculture and climate change.  Check out the links below to view these presentations: Connectivity in the Americas: US - Mexico Connectivity - The Borderlands of Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico Diana Hadley, Executive Director, Northern Jaguar Project, English & Spanish Oscar Moctezuma, Executive Director, Naturalia, English (Spanish coming soon!) Melanie Emerson, Executive Director, Sky Island Alliance, English & Spanish Read More

Conservation-Rancher Parternship Assists Northern Jaguars

In a press release on 15 Feburary, Sky Island Alliance biologist Sergio Avila  commented:  “Northern jaguars are a reality and they want to stay. Jaguars don’t recognize political boundaries; instead they choose robust prey populations, open space and safe corridors. This healthy feline represents our chance to recover this species in the region.” Carlos R. Elias, co-owner of the El Aribabi ranch located just 30 miles south of the US/Mexico Border in the Mexican state of Sonora, is working closely with the Sky Islands Alliance as part of the Northern Mexico Conservation Program.   This conservation-rancer collaboration partnership celebrated last week, when a jaguar ... Read More

New videos from WILD9!

This week we posted a handful more videos from WILD9 – all on connectivity. Connecting protected areas is critical for biodiversity and ensures ecosystem health at a functional scale. Wednesday at WILD9 (11 November 2009) focused on “Connecting WILD Nature.” Now available online are the presentations from the morning “Global Connectivity” and “Connectivity in the Americas” sessions. Read More

WILD Scots

[caption id="attachment_10211" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="An elder Scot’s Pine (pinus sylvestris), the ancient king of the Highland Caledonian Forest."][/caption] Scotland has its own type of wild-ness. I love it -- lived there for 10 years in my 20’s and 30’s, and my children were born there. Though I knew it was time to go, I wept when I left the glens, shores and hills of the Highlands. During that time I realized that wilderness was my life’s work. I met Ian Player in 1980, and we convened the 3rd World Wilderness Congress (1983) at Inverness and the Findhorn Foundation (30 miles ... Read More

The WWC Chronicles – Carla Mora-Trejos

My experience at the Wilderness Management Seminar and WILD9, Carla Mora-Trejos, Clemson University Graduate Student I visited wilderness in my home country, and in one of these places I found a reason to live, it showed me where I am supposed to go. Unfortunately, after having an 8 to 5 job and then working on graduate school I had forgotten this place and the main reason why I started to study this in the first place. Going back to this place in my heart with other people, helped me make sense of wilderness, I knew it before hand, but I didn’t ... Read More

The WWC Chronicles: Tina Tin

Tina Tin, freelance consultant and an adviser to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, participated in the WILD9 Wilderness Management Seminar and Congress at large. Here's what she has to say..... I’m not exaggerating when I say that the Wilderness Management Seminar was a life-changing experience. My wilderness “education” came from living and studying in Alaska and Antarctica between 1998 and 2003. It was strongly rooted in the US National Wilderness Preservation System, the need for “untrammelled”-ness, the fight for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Since 2004, I have been working with a small non-profit for the protection of the Antarctic ... Read More

The WWC Chronicles: Leonel Perales

Mi experiencia en el Congreso Mundial de Tierras Silvestre/ My experience at the 9th World Wilderness Congress: Efrain Leonel Perales, Ecology Student at Sonora University; Comcaac Community member Desde el momento de que me llego la invitación para ir al congreso, bueno en esos momentos no tenía ni idea de que era Wild9, pero acepte sin saber que era pero lo hice por que sabia que me serviría para mi carrera que estudio actualmente (licenciatura el ecología), es mi sueño hablar en público, pero gracias Wild9, también a los que me invitaron (Dr. Enriqueta Velarde y Thor Morales). When I was invited ... Read More

Take your kids on an Earth Adventure without leaving home!

WILD's good friends and partners at Ms. Maggie's Earth Adventures just posted a great new lesson on Nomkhulubwane, the stunning elephant sculpture created by Andries Botha which traveled to WILD9 as a symbol of connectivity and sustainability.  The lessons, available in both English and Spanish, are designed to integrate learning objectives in math, science, language arts, cultural studies and geography with real environmental issues - as are all of Ms. Maggie's lessons.  Ms. Maggie's lessons are free to subscribers, and sent via a weekly e-newsletter each Tuesday! Read More