by Amy Lewis | May 9, 2019
This month, scientists working alongside the Nature Needs Half Network called for a Global Deal for Nature to help end the Sixth Mass Extinction. How is the WILD Foundation helping to make this international call-to-action an on-the-ground conservation reality?
by Geoff Tennent | May 9, 2019
Notorious G.I.B. Once, the Great Indian Bustard was an impressive sight throughout India and Pakistan. Standing around a meter tall, and one of the heaviest birds capable of taking flight, it commanded the attention of all who beheld it. It’s magnificence and ubiquity...
by Amy Lewis | Apr 19, 2019
Imagine what it’s like trying to have a difficult conversation with 7 billion people to let them know that our biosphere is on the verge of collapse. That is precisely what the Nature Needs Half Network is doing.
by Amy Lewis | Dec 14, 2018
Imagine what it’s like trying to have a difficult conversation with 7 billion people to let them know that our biosphere is on the verge of collapse. That is precisely what the Nature Needs Half Network is doing.
by Vance Martin | Dec 14, 2018
Learn how WILD is working with Yang Rui to change the way China thinks about wilderness.
by Crista Valentino | Dec 14, 2018
Learn how passionate, ambitious, and impatient youth are already designing and developing solutions to the challenges they are facing on the ground, in their communities, every day.
by Vance Martin | Nov 29, 2018
Maggie Bryant, conservation pioneer, entrepreneur, equestrian, and WILD board member, celebrates her 90th birthday at the end of November 2018. Few individuals have had as large an impact on the conservation of wild places internationally, especially Africa, as Ms. Bryant.
by SusanCanney | Nov 1, 2018
by Vance Martin | Oct 29, 2018
In acknowledgement of the obstacles we face and the strength we draw upon to overcome these difficulties, WILD’s staff has chosen the following phrase to inspire them throughout the year: “We persist so that nature prevails.”
by Crista Valentino | Oct 25, 2018
CoalitionWILD was represented at the World Leaders’ Conservation Forum in early October, sharing to the delegation our vision for empowering the next generation.
by GuestBlogger | Sep 18, 2018
The vaquita porpoise is the smallest of all cetaceans and is on the verge of extinction. This performance was designed to mourn the 500 vaquitas that we lost in the past 20 years, and to help us heal for this 6th Mass Extinction that is currently underway.
by Amy Lewis | May 9, 2018
As citizen science initiatives continue to increase in popularity, this year’s third annual City Nature Challenge expanded to more than 65 cities across the globe.
by Amy Lewis | Apr 2, 2018
Something alienates us from more meaningful days, even as it clamps down on our delight in life and gratitude for the wonder of nature. Can you guess what it is? Everywhere you go, it’s there, hidden in plain view. It’s carried on airwaves and spilling over the pages of magazines and newspapers.
by Amy Lewis | Feb 26, 2018
by Amy Lewis | Feb 19, 2018
by Amy Lewis | Dec 15, 2017
One by one, these individuals are using their diverse backgrounds to help us better understand what our wild neighbors need to thrive.
by Crista Valentino | Dec 14, 2017
There’s a video floating around YouTube that was shown to me years ago during a workshop on leadership. It’s of a crowd of people at an outdoor concert, most of which are lounging on blankets watching the show. The camera is focused on one man in particular, not far...
by Amy Lewis | Dec 6, 2017
U.S. House hearing on GOP bill opening all Wilderness areas to bikes and other wheeled contraptions is Thursday, December 7th For more information, please contact: Vance Martin, WILD Foundation, vance (at) wild.org Kevin Proescholdt, Wilderness Watch, 612-201-9266,...
by SusanCanney | Nov 30, 2017
by Amy Lewis | Nov 28, 2017
Lions, tigers, and pangolins, those dream-like creatures that hardly seem real and are daily becoming less so as they find themselves trafficked into extinction. The Amazon, India, and seventy dozen other landscapes that make possible a fitful coexistence between...