After "Mission Peru", marine biologist, environmentalist, photographer and filmmaker Robert Marc Lehmann embarks on a new mission in Canada with Wilderness International. Together we explore the wild nature of the British Columbia coast and show that Everything really is connected. Every single animal - from salmon and orca to grizzly bears, wolves and eagles - plays its part in preserving entire ecosystems.
Preserve a piece of this unique habitat now - for yourself or as a gift!
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Get in there, protect the rainforest!
Rare coastal wolves, centuries-old jungle giants and mysterious sundew in the forest bog - the temperate rainforest of the northwest coast is a wild treasure. Together with Robert Marc Lehmann and Wilderness International, you can protect this forest forever.
concrete use: 1 € donation protects 1 m² rainforest
Good for the climate: this leaves 60 kg CO2 permanently bound in living biomass
transparent: you will receive a certificate with the geo-coordinates and an aerial photo of the protected forest area
lasting impact: your one-time donation guarantees the permanent protection of the area
Tax-deductible donation with donation receipt
Name: Mission Earth Forest in Misty Forest
Country: Canada
Region: British Columbia
Location of the protected area: on Porcher Island, approx. 40 km south of the port city of Prince Rupert and not far from the Alaskan border
Ecosystem: temperate rainforest
Immediately after your donation, you will receive a personalized certificate about the piece of wilderness you have protected. It also makes a great gift!
This time there is even a special edition - signed by Robert and with one of six pictures that Robert took during Mission Canada!
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Rare coastal wolves, centuries-old jungle giants and mysterious sundew in the forest bog - the temperate rainforest of the northwest coast is a wild treasure. Together with Robert Marc Lehmann and Wilderness International, you can protect this forest forever.
"The old-growth forest I'm standing in right now is thousands of years old, if not hundreds of thousands. This ecosystem has developed over so many years and has become so tightly knotted that it would not only be a shame to lose the ecosystem - it would be dramatic."
Robert Marc Lehmann
Environmentalist, photographer, marine biologist
The temperate rainforest on Porcher Island, which you protect with your donation, is a diverse ecosystem with a variety of habitats. Its trees, waters, peat bogs and coastline provide suitable habitat for a huge variety of animals and plants.
A bald eagle carefully watches over its territory
Centuries-old jungle giants are the guardians of the forest's history
In the sea, otters hunt for mussels and snails.
We traveled almost 1000 km on the historic "Gikumi" along the coast of western Canada, from Prince Rupert on the Alaskan border to Vancouver in the south.
Nestled in soft layers of ancient sphagnum moss grows rare long-leaved sundew, its nectar drops glistening in a rare sunbeam. In the silence of the bog, it lures flies into its trap with its sticky tentacles.
A rare coastal wolf on beach patrol
The gnarled, old trees defy the harsh weather of the north coast. In the shelter of their thicket, otters can enjoy their seafood in peace, fertilizing the forest floor with the minerals from the shells.
1500 years old, almost 100 meters high, and so much more valuable alive than in 1000 tables. Because it produces oxygen for us, absorbs CO2 and is a habitat: the primeval forest giant. In episode 3 of Mission Canada, you can get to know it and protect it - now on YouTube.
On the trail of the wolf: The three cameramen Robert, Nicolai and Lukas try to get the rare coastal wolf in front of the lens - who will make it first?
You can protect the dwindling habitat of the coastal wolf with us in the Mission Earth forest!
Everything is connected - from the grizzlies to the vast oceans, dense forests and migrating salmon. Find out how in episode 1 of "Everything is connected" - now on Robert's YouTube channel.
One million square meters, friends!!! Are you in? Let's go, Mission Earth Community, we just have to do it!!! This will be our forest!
Get on the water with Robert! Discover how whales shape the ecosystem and experience breathtaking orca moments like never before. Maybe even with the best orca pictures taken in Canada.
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 as well as environmental education projects and research into CO2-storage and biodiversity.
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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, 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.
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.
Wilderness International purchases legally secure wilderness areas and protects them for the future. The purchases are refinanced through donations, which at the same time ensure the long-term protection of the areas and support environmental education projects and research into CO2-storage and biodiversity. Donors receive a personalized certificate with the exact geocoordinates 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.
