The WILD Foundation http://www.wild.org Founded in 1974, WILD is the only international organization dedicated entirely and explicitly to wilderness protection around the world. Wed, 16 May 2012 12:15:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en CHIMPANZEE – The Taï chimpanzees are featured in the new Disneynature film Oscar, Freddy and Isha are the stars of the new Disneynature film CHIMPANZEE which opened Friday April 20th! This marks the first time ever that a feature film was shot entirely in the wild, and uses footage from…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/chimpanzee-the-tai-chimpanzees-are-featured-in-the-new-disneynature-film/ 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…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/tracks-of-giants-driving-to-rocky-point/ Tracks of Giants: Getting Ready After meetings in Washington DC in late April, everything was focused on gathering exit speed in the US to head to NW Namibia to join the team members assembling from all points of the compass to launch the ]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/tracks-of-giants-getting-ready/ 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…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/2014-as-the-international-year-for-wilderness/ 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…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/andrew-muir-awarded-at-world-economic-forum-on-africa/ Return of the Lynx In my undergrad ecology class at SUNY at Buffalo we studied predator/prey cycles and a well-studied phenomena of ecology is the predator prey cycle of the Canada lynx and Snowshoe hare.  I worked in a struggling record store…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/return-of-the-lynx/ 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…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/tracks-of-giants-expedition-to-launch-may-1st/ 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,…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/florida-wildlife-corridor-1000-mile-expedition-comes-to-a-close/ 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…

]]> http://www.wild.org/where-we-work/wildcorp/ 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…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/veterans-expeditions-to-wilderness/ 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

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]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/dr-ian-player-receives-the-anton-rupert-award/ Note on the poaching incident at Insegueren, Mali Dr Susan Canney, Project leader, Mali Elephant Project

It is a race against time to ensure the future of the notable remnant population of approximately 550 elephants in the Gourma of Mali. These represent 12% of all…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/note-on-the-poaching-incident-at-insegueren-mali/ Earth Hour 2012 Just a few years ago in March 2008, I was in the back seat of a beat up sedan that my world-traveler friends had purchased upon their landing in New Zealand.  See, it was cheaper to buy a crappy little…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/earth-hour-2012/ “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…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/a-heart-for-rhinos-interview-with-dr-ian-player/ Sleepwalking in the Wilderness, Part II “Wilderness, it is here I came to know myself, but it was only just the beginning, because I found the more you know your true self, the more you know about those around you,” J. Shaw, participant on trail with…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/sleepwalking-in-the-wilderness-part-ii/ 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!…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/renegade-soldiers-declare-coup-in-mali/ Rhino Briefing in DC The rhino poaching crisis is escalating daily.  Of the world’s total rhinos (approximately 20,000 white rhino, and 4,000 black rhino), 80% are in South Africa, so that is where the poaching syndicates concentrate.  So far this…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/rhino-briefing-in-dc/ Now accepting intern applications at the Boulder office! Are you interested in international wilderness conservation? You’ve come to the right place! WILD currently has 3 internship opportunities available at our Boulder office starting this spring 2012.  We  like to work with people from all walks of life, so…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/now-accepting-intern-applications-at-the-boulder-office/ Poaching: Black Ivory | The Economist Article published in The Economist, March 10, 2012

Last year was dreadful for African elephants. This year may be worse.

It is a bad time to be an elephant, particularly in Africa. Almost 24 tonnes of illegally harvested…

]]> http://www.wild.org/blog/poaching-black-ivory-the-economist/ Sleepwalking in the Wilderness Orion’s belt is now in the center of my sky.  The moon is half, waxing to full.  The air is cold, crisp and there is a heavy stillness, deathly quiet.  It is January 1, 2012, I think.  Something made me…

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