The nature conservation subscription
Regularly protecting forests with growing impact
Regularly protect forest
Are you already busy with everyday life, but want to get involved in a good cause?
With our donation subscription you can regularly protect rainforest - carefree and incidentally! So that you can continue to concentrate on the essentials.
The area you protect will increase every month (or every year) and in the first quarter of each year you will automatically receive a certificate from us showing the total area of forest you have protected 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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donation
protects
of old-growth rainforest
forever and ensures that
of CO2
remains permanently stored in the biomass of the forest
This is how it works
Select amount
You decide how much you want to donate regularly. Our smallest donation unit is 1€ for 1 m2 of forest.
Set donation rhythm
You can donate monthly or annually.
Donate regularly, worry-free, on the side.
We will automatically collect the amount of money in the selected rhythm.
Get results
In the first quarter of each year, we will send you your certificate for the total area of forest that you protected in the previous year. You will also receive your donation receipt for tax purposes. You can also find all documents in the donation portal at any time.
Customize donation
Has your financial situation changed? No problem. We have no minimum terms. In our donation portal, you can end, pause or change the amount of your nature conservation commitment at any time before the next direct debit. You can find more information here.
What can your Euro do?
Save rainforest now!
Playful monkeys, rare coastal wolves and centuries-old 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.
Your Donation at a Glance
- Concrete use: 1 € protects 1 m² rainforest
- Good for the climate: each square meter binds 60 kg of CO2
- Transparent: Every year you will receive a personalized certificate with the geo-coordinates and an aerial photo of the forest area you have protected. For the future, we have planned an impact dashboard where you can see at any time what impact your support has (e.g. number of protected species).
- Lasting impact: Every one-off donation guarantees the permanent protection of the area - so with your subscription you protect a new area every month and your impact grows steadily
- Tax-deductible donation with donation receipt
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Protect 45 m2 monthlyWhere you can protect forest
Where you can protect forest
- 11/18/2022
In the Amazon Rainforest in Peru
Playful monkeys, mysterious jaguars and liana-clad jungle giants - the Peruvian Amazon rainforest is the most biodiverse place on earth!
- 10/29/2021
In the temperate rainforest in Canada
Rare coastal wolves, nimble otters and mysterious sundew in the forest marsh - the temperate rainforest of the West Coast is a wild treasure.
How we protect forest
Impressions from our protected areas
2.8% of the earth's land surface offers intact habitats. That is 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 crave the rare salt in the "tears" of turtles.
A blue-and-yellow macaw crosses the Tambopata River in Peru
Nature conservation - but effective.
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.
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 First Nation 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.
