Conservation Alliances
WILD works in a collaborative manner, across borders and in many different languages. While we have many allies in conservation (see our list or partners and affiliates), we work more closely with several organizations and initiatives to further wilderness protection around the globe. These include the International League of Conservation Photographers, Peace Parks Foundation (South Africa) and Yellowstone to Yukon (North America).
International League of Conservation Photographers
Established during the 8th World Wilderness Congress (Alaska, 2005) and ‘incubated’ as a program within WILD for 5 years, the iLCP works to to further environmental and cultural conservation through ethical photography. With a dynamic combination of art, conservation, policy and action, the iLCP uses awe-inspiring photography as a powerful force for the environment.
Founder Cristina Mittermeier, a member of WILD’s Board of Directors, comments: “The iLCP was created to empower photographers working in conservation; what I never imagined was that we were also creating a community of passionate and eloquent artists capable of inspiring each other and the world at-large. The strength and prestige of the peer group that has been born through the iLCP is nothing short of amazing.”
One of the iLCP’s initiatives is the RAVE (Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition). Each RAVE achieves a full visual and media assessment of a highly threatened or critically important region. Each RAVE creates a comprehensive portrait of a conservation issue or threat and partners with organizations to utilize this assessment to further conservation efforts. Learn more about iLCP >
Yellowstone to Yukon
Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y), a close working partner of WILD, is another initiative that shares WILD’s vision for protecting large, intact wild areas. Y2Y is a joint Canada-US nonprofit organization working to preserve and maintain the wildlife, native plants, wilderness and natural processes of the region from Yellowstone National Park, north to the Yukon Territory. Officially established in 1997, Y2Y has now become the international model for connectivity projects around the globe (such as the Alps to Atherton project in Australia). The organization was founded in response to “Islandization” of large, iconic species and habitats. The goal to protect large pieces of land is based on scientific research on the movements of animals and the impacts of encroaching development on wild ecosystems.
Y2Y connects and supports a large network of organizations, individuals and agencies who do on-the-ground conservation work in the Y2Y region. By providing a unified vision, Y2Y allows 
for partner organization to work more effectively and support large-scale objectives. Y2Y and its partners have achieved many successes including books, funding for projects, research of wildlife movement and the subsequent wildlife crossing structures, coordination of transboundry Native American and Canadian First Nations meetings and the purchase of land linking key grizzly habitats. Read more about Y2Y >>
Peace Parks Foundation
Wilderness knows no borders. Wilderness and wild ecosystems do not follow man-made borders and boundaries, but instead are definite by migration patterns, natural ranges, food and water supply, and natural ecosystem boundaries. In support of this vision, WILD has long partnered with the Peace Parks Foundation. The Peace Parks Foundation facilitates the establishment of transfrontier conservation areas that are jointly managed across political borders, private lands and public spaces. These lands support the conservation of biodiversity, sustainable economic development and regional peace and stability.
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Peace Parks Foundations focuses their efforts in Africa, and a examples of their work include The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe) and the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Project (Kingdom of Lesotho and South Africa). Lead by some of the top transboundary conservation experts in the world Peace Parks Foundation accomplishes remarkable work on a cross-cultural, multi-national, landscape scale. Integrating human communities and wild-places, the Peace Park Foundation achieves real results toward the dream of an “Africa without fences.” Read more about Peace Parks Foundation>>>