The Hannah Assil Community Forest
For nature. For the animals. For the future.
Hannah Assil has always tried to capture the beauty and diversity of our natural world with her camera - to share it and preserve a piece of it at the same time. For this reason, Hannah is now working with Wilderness International to protect endangered rainforests in Canada and Peru.
For every order from their "NaturVerliebt" collection at MyMerch, €1 goes to Wilderness International. So every purchase contributes directly to preserving unique habitats - permanently and legally.
Join in and protect your piece of wilderness now - for yourself or as a gift!
Donations
m2 of old-growth forest
protected forever in Peru and Canada, ensuring that
tonnes of CO2
For as long as I can remember, the forest has played a very special role in my life. Whether it's the familiar forest at home, the endless expanses of Canada or the rainforests of Peru - each of these places has its own unique fingerprint. These wild, untouched habitats are not only beautiful - they are also irreplaceable. That's why, as an ambassador for Wilderness International, I want to work to ensure that they are preserved.
Hannah Assil
Photographer, content creator & wilderness ambassador
Every contribution counts!
We have a great vision: to protect the last real wilderness areas in our world forever!
To achieve this, we buy ecologically valuable and acutely endangered forest areas by land register entry in order to protect them in a legally secure, permanent and transparent manner. The purchases are refinanced by your donations and protected in the long term.
Your donation at a glance:
Specific use
1 € donation protects 1 m² of rainforest
Good for the climate:
60 kg of CO2 remain permanently bound in living biomass
...transparently
you will receive a certificate with the geo-coordinates and an aerial photo of the protected forest area
Lasting effect
Your single donation guarantees the permanent protection of the area
Your wilderness certificate
Immediately after your donation, you will receive a personalized certificate about the piece of wilderness you have protected. It also makes a great gift!
The Hannah Assil Community Forest in Canada
Donations
of wilderness sponsors have protected
m2 of old-growth forest
protected forever in Peru, thus ensuring that
tonnes of CO2
Impressions from the protected area in Canada
The wilderness areas that Hannah protects in the temperate rainforest are located on Porcher Island on the west coast of Canada. They are the most species-rich ecosystem in the northern hemisphere. Their ancient giant trees provide a safe habitat for an incredible number of animal and plant species.
A rare coastal wolf on beach patrol.
A view of the impressive treetops in the temperate rainforest. Some of the giant trees here are over 100 meters high!
A majestic bald eagle was successful in the hunt.
In many places, the forest floor is covered by a dense, soft carpet of moss.
There are still unique raised bogs on Porcher Island - and these are gigantic carbon sinks.
Orcas come to the coast of Porcher Island to rub their bellies, a population-specific and unique behavior.
Hannah Assil Community Forest in Peru
Donations
m2 of old-growth forest
tonnes of CO2
remain permanently stored in the biomass of the forest
Impressions from the protected area in Peru
In Peru, the protected areas are located in the Madre de Dios region, not far from the city of Puerto Maldonado along the Tambopata River. The most species-rich ecosystem on earth can be found here: playful monkeys, mysterious jaguars and liana-covered jungle giants have their habitat here.
Along the Tambopata River there are still dense contiguous rainforest areas - Hannah protects important habitats here.
Capybaras can often be seen sunbathing - or feeding - on the banks of the river.
The Amazon rainforest is bursting with life - on a small scale ...
... as on a large scale.
The primeval forest giants in our protected areas are several hundred years old and some are over 40 meters high.
If we are very lucky, we may spot the impressive harpies that dominate the crowns of the giant trees in our protected areas.
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Wilderness International purchases legally secure wilderness areas and protects them for all future generations. The purchases are refinanced through donations, which at the same time ensure the long-term protection of the areas and enable environmental education projects and research into CO2 storage and biodiversity. Donors receive a personalized certificate with the exact geo-coordinates of the protected forest area, so that the protection is directly traceable. We are currently active in the temperate rainforest of Western Canada and in the Amazon rainforest of Peru, where we are protecting ancient primary rainforests.
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.
We protect the areas we select exclusively through purchase with entry in the land register and in countries with a high level of legal security. All three international foundations are registered as owners in the land register. The forest areas that we have purchased as foundations can no longer be bought from us and we are no longer allowed to sell them.
The organizational form of the foundation prevents the rights over the disposal of property from resting with a single person and ensures its permanent existence. Our statutes stipulate that the land is to be left untouched and only visited for research and documentation purposes.
Due to their remoteness and the undeveloped area, our protected areas in Canada can only be reached at great financial, material and time expense and not without risk. In addition, the high level of legal certainty in Canada ensures that damage to land results in severe sanctions. The British Columbia Trespass Act clearly prohibits trespassing on private land. Violations are prosecuted in court, even if no damage has been done. We also visit and inspect the areas as part of regular research visits and have partnerships with local companies that support us.
The rainforests in Peru and Canada are among the last 2.8% of intact wilderness areas on our planet - and are unfortunately under acute threat (Plumptre et al., 2021). 10-15% of all annual emissions are caused by the destruction of these forests and their peatlands - so we need to act now!
Numerous studies prove the threat to the rainforest in Peru and Canada. In British Columbia, Canada, this is especially true:
- It is home to the last large contiguous area of temperate rainforest in the world (DellaSala, 2010). And yet British Columbia, of all places, is one of the last jurisdictions in the world that continues to allow the large-scale deforestation of 600 to 1,800-year-old primeval forest giants (Wu, 2019).
- Between 2003 and 2010, deforestation in BC was responsible for higher annual CO2 emissions than the country of Finland as a whole (Wieting, 2015). The main causes of this are the timber industry, agriculture and infrastructure construction.
- On the online map of the Ancient Forest Alliance (2016 ) you can see an impressive visualization of how deforestation has progressed in southeastern BC up to 2016.
If we lose the last intact rainforests, this will have catastrophic consequences for our planet. The concept of planetary boundaries states that there are certain ecological limits which, if exceeded, will jeopardize the stability of the Earth's ecosystem and thus the progress of humanity. Numerous studies show that we are well on the way to exceeding at least five of the nine planetary boundaries, also known as 'tipping points' or 'tipping elements'. One of these elements is the loss of the tropical rainforest. We can already feel the consequences of climate change, but we still have the chance to avert the worst effects, as the summary of the book 'Earth for all' shows.
About us
The foundation, which is based in Peru, Canada and Germany, purchases legally secure wilderness areas and protects them for the future. The purchases are refinanced through donations, which ensure the long-term protection of the areas, supports environmental education projects, and research into CO2 storage and biodiversity.


non-profit foundation under civil law
Suite 345, 108-4301B Southpark Drive
Stony Plain, AB, T7Z2A9
Canada
Registered Canadian Charitable number: 840904817 RR0001