WILD Foundation
| Founded | 1974 |
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| Type | 501 (c)(3) non-profit |
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Area served
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Global |
| Product | Global Conservation Fund |
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Key people
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Vance G. Martin, President; Charlotte Baron, Board Chair |
| Slogan | Protecting through connecting: wilderness, wildlife and people |
| Website | http://wild.org |
The WILD Foundation is a non-profit organization, belonging to category 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, that was founded in 1974 by South African Ian Player, and based in Boulder, Colorado. WILD states that their vision is to inspire a world that protects at least half of all nature on Earth in a connected way for the benefit of wilderness and communities.
WILD works in three sectors: policy and applied research, with decision-makers in government, business, and community; field projects that integrate the needs of wilderness, wildlife and people; and communications, through publishing, media and the arts. The WILD Foundation is known for approaching wilderness conservation by training managers of protected areas, developing approaches to conservation, cooperatively launching new organizations and working with communities to protect nature.
Their work spans continents, from the Mali Elephant Project and In the Tracks of Giants in Africa to CAT in WATER, a fishing cat media project in Thailand; to the Kayapo of the Brazilian Amazon and work close to their home in Boulder.
The WILD Foundation was founded in 1974 by South African game ranger Dr. Ian Player. One of his most notable conservation contributions prior to forming The WILD Foundation was his 1960s work to save the white rhino from extinction, called Operation Rhino. Recent escalations in rhino poaching have brought this story back to the forefront of WILD’s efforts.
After leaving the government wildlife service, Player founded The Wilderness Leadership School (WLS), taking people of all ages—especially those from underserved communities and leaders from all sectors – on five-day reflective hikes in the African wilderness. Started during apartheid, this school was the first organization in Africa giving its participants, called "trailists," a thorough wilderness experience regardless of background, race or nationality. The Wilderness Leadership School helped give rise to similar schools around the world.
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