by Emily Loose | Aug 24, 2011
Last week the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the international body created to protect wildlife from over-exploitation, met to discuss – among other items – the current state of illegal elephant ivory trade and poaching. Leading up to...
by Vance Martin | Aug 22, 2011
A major step for wild nature and people in Southern Africa occurred on 18 August 2011 at the summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). At the closing session, the presidents of Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana signed the treaty that...
by Emily Loose | Aug 11, 2011
WILD and its sister organizations in Africa and the UK are primarily known as wilderness-focused conservation organizations, but we have a unique aspect when compared to our conservation peers. Our work integrates the mutually important bond between humans and wild...
by Emily Loose | Aug 8, 2011
Below is a poem by recent Umzi Wethu graduate Geovalda Cupido, who was part of the Umzi 8 Conservation Academy. Umzi Wethu, a program run by the Wilderness Foundation (Africa) is a cutting edge program for AIDS orphans and disadvantaged youth that uses the power of...
by Vance Martin | Jul 29, 2011
The landscape of the human body is a “wilderness” in its own right. For longer than anything else created by wild nature, the bodyscape has been a place of exploration and a source of continuous experiential revelation, as well as an object of adornment, abuse, and...
by Emily Loose | Jul 18, 2011
Today, we celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 93rd birthday. It is truly a day of celebration and one that is especially important here at WILD because of our strong roots and continued work in South Africa. Mandela’s introduction to Dr. Ian Player’s Zulu...
by Emily Loose | Jun 27, 2011
Exciting news from our sister organization, The Wilderness Foundation (in South Africa)…. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles today announced the sponsorship of six Volkswagen Amarok bakkies to the Rhino Protection Initiative at a media conference held at the...
by Emily Loose | Jun 10, 2011
Text from Ian’s February 2011 address to the Game Rangers Association of Africa. Please let me begin by thanking everyone for coming this evening. I am grateful to Harold Thornhill and Drummond Densham and other members of the Committee who have done the...
by Emily Loose | Jun 3, 2011
On of the ongoing programs in the Isandlwana Village (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) is Eco-Schools. This program brings environmental learning and action into the classrooms in a constructive and participatory way. The Isandlwana primary school is one of the local...
by Emily Loose | Jun 2, 2011
Wherever political boundaries traverse ecosystems, the conservation of biodiversity and management of ecosystems is more complex and difficult. In areas with such borders, the flow of information tends to be slower, administrative regimes are more fractured, decisions...
