Wilderness Network
Collaboration is the key!
The WILD Foundation is a proud founder member of The Wilderness Network, a consortium of independent, forward-thinking, like-minded organizations. The Wilderness Network was born in wild country, informed and inspired by the many decades of work in the African wilderness by WILD?s founder Ian Player and his mentor, Zulu elder Magqubu Ntombela saving the white rhino from extinction, creating new wilderness areas, emphasizing the central role of traditional peoples in nature conservation, and more. Now, as a group of closely collaborating organizations with many partners and associates, The Wilderness Network works worldwide to:
- Protect and sustain wilderness, wildlife and human communities
- Promote the values and services provided by wildlands and seas
- Provide wilderness-related information, education, experience and training
Member Organizations:
Featured Network Project
WILD9 – the 9th World Wilderness Congress 
The World Wilderness Congress is the world’s longest running, public environmental forum. Launched in 1977 by Dr. Ian Player in South Africa, the Congress has now convened 8 times on 5 continents.
For the first time ever, the WWC will convene in Latin America from 6-13 November, in the city of Merida, Yucatan, in the heart of the Mayan world. Many of the world’s leading conservation experts, politicians, academics, corporations, artists, native peoples, students and many others will gather in Merida, Mexico to debate and act upon the most urgent environmental issues of our time. WILD9 is open to the public and registration is open!
With Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón as the Honorary Host of WILD9, the schedule is already filled with leading names in conservation today. Wilderness and Climate Change is a central theme – driving the message that protecting wild nature eliminates at least 1/4 of the carbon threat.
Other topics such as Freshwater and Underground Wilderness, Climate Change and Biodiversity, Fire in Nature, Transboundary Conservation and Connectivity, Marine and Oceanic Wilderness, and the Role of Human Communities in Nature will guide the trainings, plenary sessions, local excursions, working and poster sessions, cultural events and celebrations.
In one of many associated sessions, the world’s best conservation photographers will participate in the first RAVE (Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition) of Mexico’s unique Yucatan Peninsula. Visit the WILD9 website >