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You already have enough on your plate in everyday life, but you actually want to get involved in a good cause?
With our donation subscription you regularly protect rainforest - carefree and incidentally! So that you can continue to concentrate on the essentials.
Every year you will automatically receive a certificate of the protected forest from us as well as your donation receipt for tax purposes. So you don't have to worry about anything else.
And if you ever change your mind, the subscription can be cancelled at any time.
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Playful monkeys, rare coastal wolves and centuries-old jungle trees - the rainforests of our earth are not only a wonder of nature, but also essential for a livable future. Together with Wilderness International, you can protect them forever.
Playful monkeys, mysterious jaguars and liana-clad jungle giants - the Peruvian Amazon rainforest is the most biodiverse place on earth!
Rare coastal wolves, nimble otters and mysterious sundew in the forest marsh - the temperate rainforest of the West Coast is a wild treasure.
What happens with a Euro donation to Wilderness International?
Still 2.8% of the earth's land surface offers intact habitats. Still: 4.17 million km2 of fantastic, valuable nature that we can save together.
A squirrel monkey in our protected area "Secret Forest" in Peru.
Thick layers of mosses, ferns, and lichens speak to the great age of a forest like this one on Canada's west coast.
Earth star, like all mushrooms, lives underground, only for a short time you can see its fruiting body on the forest floor.
Ferns, mosses, and other perching plants make up much of the biomass of the temperate rainforest.
A family of howler monkeys relaxes in a palm tree during the hot noon hour.
Sunrise over an oxbow lake in the middle of the Peruvian rainforest.
Insects covet the rare salt in the "tears" of turtles.
A yellow-breasted macaw crosses the Tambopata River in Peru
In our impact report, we show you where your donation goes. And what we have already achieved together.
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There are no further obligations for you. The donation is one-time, and enables us as a foundation to ensure the long-term protection of the area. The sponsorship is a symbolic one. The forest area remains the property of the Foundation.
In Canada, good legal security helps us, as well as the legal situations and sanctions that even prohibit trespassing, as well as the cultural and historical importance of property.
In Peru, we have additionally started a forest guardian program with local people. To ensure long-term protection, we also have several other measures in place. In general, we visit the areas on regular expeditions to check on them. We also work with local partners who inform us of any irregularities if necessary. The donations per square meter also already include the costs for property taxes.
Like no other, the legal form of the foundation allows a (charitable) purpose to be realized permanently and independently of outside interests, thus achieving the desired effects in the long term. It is thus the most long-term organizational construct currently known. Not even states, companies or national parks are designed for such a long term. This makes the foundation the only one that is oriented toward the lifespan of the ecosystems we protect.
In Peru, for example, we work intensively with local people as part of our forest guardian program. They regularly walk the protected areas and represent our organization in the community. They put up signs, talk to local people about our forest protection projects and confront unauthorized activities if necessary. Thereby, the forest guardians also generate a sustainable income.
In Canada, we not only work with partner companies, but also look back on great collaborations with First Nations. These include a sponsored run and several conservation expeditions with the Cowichan of Vancouver Island, as well as the joint effort to protect the Peel River Watershed with the Gwich'in of Fort McPherson.
Wilderness International purchases primary rainforest areas with land title and legally protects them for all future. Donations refinance the purchases and at the same time finance long-term protection as well as environmental education and research. Donors receive a personalized certificate with the exact geo-coordinates and aerial photograph of the forest area they are protecting. Thus, the use and impact of the donation is tangible and directly traceable. We are currently working in the temperate rainforest of Western Canada and the Amazon rainforest of Peru, where we are protecting ancient primary rainforests.
