MA-Forest
Everything for the animals, always.
We are in Peru for MA, in the middle of the rainforest in Madre de Dios, the most biodiverse place in the world. The problem: all our animal and plant friends are severely threatened by agriculture, slash-and-burn agriculture, poaching and gold mining because people are once again doing their human things. This makes MA and us extremely angry! That's why we decided to protect this place together as a community with the help of Wilderness International:
Together we sponsor the rainforest. This wilderness is then safe forever and can be one thing above all: simply a forest - with everything that lives in it. Far away from people. The MA-FOREST!

Donations*
of wilderness sponsors have protected
m2 old-growth forest
forever protected, thus ensuring that
tons of CO2*
remain permanently stored in the biomass of the forest
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"Woof woof ... woof woof." - Ma
"What Ma says!" - Broder
"Everything for the animals, always." - Malte
Every meter counts!
Housing shortage in the rainforest? Unfortunately a real issue. More and more rainforest is being cut down, destroying important habitats - we want to prevent this together with Wilderness International! The foundation buys the last intact ecosystems in a legally secure manner and thus protects the home of millions of species in a long-term and completely comprehensible way.
$ 1.5 CAD for one square meter, sounds fair, doesn't it? Let's protect the MA Forest together!
This is how it works:
Select size
Select the size of the forest area you want to protect in the donation form.
Fill in the donation form
Enter your details in the form to ensure that you receive all the information and the donation receipt.
Design certificate
Now you can personalize the certificate with your name. If you want, you can also add an occasion.
Receive certificate
You can download the certificate with the geocoordinates of your protected area directly after payment. It will also be sent to you by e-mail, together with a link that shows you your personal protected area down to the square meter.
Your wilderness protection 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!
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This is what it looks like in the MA Forest
The Ma-Forest is located in Peru, in the Madre de Dios region - the most biodiverse place in the world. And this place is protected by you!
The MA Forest really is a very special place ...
Many capuchin monkeys (Cebus olivaceus) live there - Buddah's family!
Its neighbors include, for example, the Andean saddleback tamarin (Leontocebus leucogenys), which can jump up to 4 meters!
There are also many old giant trees in the MA Forest, which provide a habitat for countless animals on their various levels.
A beautiful, peaceful sunrise over a branch of the Tambopata River, on which the MA Forest is located.
The small agoutis have an important task in the rainforest: they are the only ones who ensure that the seeds of the Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa) are distributed and that it can continue to spread.
Tiger macifrogs are indicators of an intact forest because they depend on undisturbed rainforests.
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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, based in Peru, Canada and Germany, purchases legally secure wilderness areas and protects them for all futures. The purchases are refinanced by donations that ensure the long-term protection of the areas and enable environmental education projects and research on 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