An Update on Tashka Yawanawá
Now recovering at home, Tashka Yawanawá gives us a brief update after a medical condition sent him to the hospital.
Solar lights up the Amazon
At our 8th World Wilderness Congress in 2005 (Anchorage, Alaska), WILD launched the Native Lands and Wilderness Council to ensure the inclusion of native leaders in mainstream wildlands conservation. Kayapo spokepersons participated in and have since become a valued...
WILD at the IUCN World Parks Congress
The IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) meets only once every 1o years. In the coming days, five of WILD’s program leaders and other close associates will be contributing significantly to the WPC program and conservation outcomes in Sydney, Australia. WPC 2014 is a...
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In Memoriam: Elizabeth Dlamini
On January 1, 2000 Carol Batrus traveled to a remote Zulu village to launch a joint community development /environmental awareness /land rehabilitation project for The WILD Foundation in the community surrounding the historic battlefield of Isandlwana in South Africa....
Native Lands & Wilderness Council: 2012 Regional Gathering
You’re invited! Native Lands and Wilderness Council 2012 Regional Gathering Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Mission Mountain Tribal Wilderness Salish Kootenai College – Pablo, Montana Flathead Indian Reservation September 5-7, 2012 Hosted by:...
Hydroelectric Dam Threatens Kayapo Terriroty
The Kayapo territories span 10.5 million hectares in the Xingu region of southeastern Amazon of Brazil and form possibly the largest single protected tract of tropical forest in the world. The protection of these traditional lands can be traced to an historically...
World Heritage Site Threatened by Coal Mine
A priceless World Heritage Site in South Africa is highly endangered by an open-cast, coal, strip-mine operating recklessly right on its boundary – and that is now set to expand! Mapungubwe National Park – a World Heritage Site and critically important transfrontier...
Education Without Borders Conference Invites Andrew Muir as Leadership Mentor
Mentoring youth is something that Andrew Muir is very familiar with. As the Executive Director of our sister organization The Wilderness Foundation (Africa) Andrew is a positive role model and leadership mentor for all of those enrolled in Umzi Wethu. The Umzi...
AmaDiba Coastal Residents Take a Stand Against Dune Mining Plans
“It’s a classic showdown that has rural villagers and traditional leaders on the Wild Coast tackling the South African government for not protecting their land against mining practices which they consider exploitative and rapacious,” (Kockott, Sunday...