Everyone has a tree in their living room - you can have an entire forest!
Protect old-growth forest for Christmas and thus invest in our future.
A donation also makes a great gift - perfect for anyone who already has everything.
Together we can fill the busy Christmas season with meaning and gratitude.
Protect a specific area of rainforest in Peru or Canada for all time - with a personalized certificate and geo-coordinates. That way, you can preserve valuable habitat for a huge variety of animals and plants. And you ensure a healthy climate!
... and give your loved ones a great, meaningful Christmas present!
Immediately after your donation, you will receive a gift certificate that you can personalize with a dedication. You will also see the geo-coordinates of the piece of forest that you are protecting together! In this way, you are preserving valuable habitats for a huge variety of animals and plants in a transparent, traceable and long-term manner. And secure a piece of the future for us all!
Choose the size of your gift (1€ = 1m2) and write the name of the person receiving the gift on the certificate.
The certificate will be sent to you by e-mail immediately after the donation - the perfect last-minute gift. You will also receive an e-mail with a link to our online map.
You can print out the certificate and frame it if you like. Together you can now look at the map to see where your protected woodland is located.
You will receive a personalized sponsorship certificate for your protected piece of forest, in which you can enter the name of the person receiving the gift. On the certificate you will then find the exact geo-coordinates of the protected forest area in Peru. This way you can track exactly which piece of unique wilderness you have preserved together forever.
Your individual contribution determines the area that we can protect in our wilderness area in the tropical rainforest in Peru. Our rule of thumb shows you the impact of your donation:
Giving the gift of the forest has never been easier than this year!
It all began with an enthusiasm for forests with huge trees - today, Wilderness International consists of three sister foundations: one in Peru, Canada and Germany. With one big goal: to protect the last unique forest and wilderness areas of the world forever.
To achieve this, we purchase wilderness areas, legally secure with an entry in the land registry, and protect them for the future.
The purchases are refinanced through donations. These also ensure the long-term protection of the areas. They also enable environmental education projects and research into CO2-storage and biodiversity.
We are a committed and flexible organization - always striving to use our resources as effectively as possible.
Jungle giants draped in lianas, mysterious jaguars and playful monkeys - our protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.
Sleeping grizzlies, howling wolves, majestic eagles and gigantic trees - our wilderness conservation area on the west coast of Canada.
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.
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 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.
You will receive the certificate digitally as a PDF by email. So you can decide for yourself whether you want to print it out and in which size.
Please enter your data everywhere in the form. This is important for the payment of the donation and so that only you receive all the information and the donation certificate. Then check the box "Give away/individualize certificate". There you can enter the name of the person who will receive the gift, so that it appears on the certificate.
You as the donor will receive the donation receipt. We will send all information and files to you.
non-profit foundation under civil law
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Stony Plain, AB, T7Z2A9
Canada
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