This year I am giving away a piece of hope!
A piece of rainforest as a gift
A gift that lasts forever
What if this Christmas you could not only bring lasting joy to your loved ones, but also to thousands of animal and plant species by protecting their homes forever?
You can do just that with a very specific piece of rainforest in Peru! In addition to a personalized certificate with exact coordinates, you are giving away a little piece of hope - for our planet and our future.
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protects
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of CO2
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Protect the home of countless animals and plants
With 1m2 of protected wilderness in Peru, for example, you can preserve forever the home of thousands of hard-working ants, a playful family of capuchin monkeys, a newly mom jaguar and a basking green tree viper.
Your one-off Christmas present means a lifetime for them.
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To print out & give as a gift: your certificate
You will receive a personalized sponsorship certificate for your protected woodland, in which you can enter the name of the person receiving the gift. The certificate contains the exact geo-coordinates of the protected woodland. You will also receive a digital aerial photo. This allows the recipient to see exactly which piece of unique wilderness you have preserved forever as a gift.
Hope to print out: Your donation certificate is personalized, concrete and lovingly designed by us.
Creative gift ideas
Family forest
Don't just share Spotify, share a forest: set up the donation as a joint family project in everyone's name. The certificate becomes a symbol for you as a family - a piece of wilderness as a family treasure for all time.
Sinnwichteln
This year, swap the useless junk from the attic for a piece of the future. You won't find the third unloved bottle opener under the tree, but: A certificate for a shared piece of rainforest! Save trees together, bindCO2 and have a really good feeling.
The 10% add-on
Make more of your gift: Take a portion of your gift budget (e.g. 10%) and turn it into a piece of untouchable rainforest. You can simply enclose the certificate with the planned gift.
Offset your carbon footprint
Offset your favorite person'scarbon footprint for a year! We convert the ecological impact into a concrete forest area.
Oops, Christmas again?
A piece of protected rainforest is the perfect last-minute gift: After your donation, you will receive your certificate within a few minutes - you can either give it as a digital gift immediately or simply print it out and put it under the Christmas tree.
Give in 3 steps
Donations
Choose the size of your Christmas gift (1€ = 1m2) and write the name of the person receiving the gift on the certificate.
Receive 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.
Give away as a gift
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.
Give the forest as a Christmas present now!
About Wilderness International
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. They also ensure the long-term protection of the areas and make environmental education projects possible, as well as research about carbon storage and biodiversity in the protected areas.
We are a committed and diverse 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.
An ocelot in the Secret Forest in Peru. It is not only a good climber, but also an excellent swimmer and therefore hunts successfully both in trees and in the water
The rainbow boa is so named because its scales have an iridescent structure that refracts the light and makes them shimmer in the colors of the rainbow.
Magical: As the sun rises, the fog clears over our protected areas in the rainforest.
FAQs
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.
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 First Nation 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
Suite 345, 108-4301B Southpark Drive
Stony Plain, AB, T7Z2A9
Canada
Registered Canadian Charitable number: 840904817 RR0001