Make a gift that really works.
Are you looking for a sustainable gift idea for your employees? A wilderness sponsorship protects a unique piece of nature for all times. Show that you take responsibility and give a piece of the future!
The wilderness sponsorship with certificate
Personalized, concrete, and lovingly designed: You will receive personalized donation certificates with names, geocoordinates and an aerial photo of the protected forest for your employees.
Saying thank you - to your team and to nature
Save rainforest now!
Playful monkeys, rare coastal wolves and centuries-old trees - the rainforests of our earth are not only a wonder of nature, but also essential for a livable future. Together with Wilderness International, you can protect them forever.
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The most important facts about your gift donation at a glance
Concrete use: 1 € protects 1 m² rainforest
Good for the climate: every square meter binds 60 kg of CO2
Transparent: You will receive personalized certificates with the names of the recipients, as well as the geocoordinates 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
Flexible amount: As a donation gift regardless of the non-cash benefit exemption limit
A gift for any size
Would you like to give your small team a gift as a token of appreciation? Would your company like to give a gift to a large number of employees in an uncomplicated way?
Whether you want to give gifts to just a few people or a few hundred - the wilderness sponsorship is exactly the right thing. And it's fast, uncomplicated, and without time stress or organizational effort.
The perfect gift in just a few steps
With Wilderness International, you can create a meaningful and sustainable gift for your employees in no time at all. This is how it works:
First check: Self-booking possible?
Up to 1,000 euros total donation:
Simply use our donation form - one per employee. Here you can:- select the protected area
- select the amount of the respective donation
- personalize the certificate with the name and occasion
- store your company data for the donation receipt
You'll receive your certificate right after you're done - and you're ready to give away!(1-Min-How-To-Video)
Larger project? Contact us!
For total donations of 1,000 euros or more, please contact us directly. Please have your certificates ready:
- Company address & contact:in
- Names & gift amounts of the persons receiving the gift.
- Optional: Your logo
Do you still need advice? No problem. Arrange a brief and informal meeting with our team.
3 - Agreement & donation
After contacting us, we will enter into an agreement that documents your commitment to wilderness conservation. This way you know your mission exactly and receive text and image rights to use our communication material.
Afterwards you trigger your donation independently via our platform - if desired also with donation request by us.
4 - Certificates & Communication
We will send you the individual gift certificates as PDF files. Decide for yourself whether you want to give away the certificates digitally or in the print version.
In addition, we will provide you with image, video and text material including the Wilderness International logo for your communication. Please briefly coordinate your communication measures with us.
5 - Looking ahead together
Be proud - together with Wilderness International and your employees, you can now protect rainforests in the long term!
We would be happy to look back on the campaign with you afterwards and ask you together: What else can we achieve with our combined forces?
Teamlead Cooperation & Special Projects
Big trees, mountains and valleys shrouded in mist. Green as far as the eye can see - the love of travel and the urge to be in the wilderness still characterizes me today. At Wilderness International, I dedicate some of my time to preserving these places and protecting biodiversity.
I have spent the last 20+ years working in Marketing & Communications at Red Bull, Google and YouTube, managing large-scale projects and community events, creating campaigns and content, and initiating creator collaborations. I hope that through the foundation's work and effective partnerships, among other things, we will be able to preserve the last 2.8% of intact land habitats on our planet for our and future generations. They are essential as a global lever for CO2 sequestration and are simply beautiful.
Impressions from our protected areas
2.8% of the Earth's land surface still offers intact habitats. That is 4.17 million km2 of fantastic, valuable nature that we can save together.
One of the many fern species in the Canadian rainforest.
The brown-eared aracari belongs to the toucan family and lives in Peru.
A humpback whale off the coast of western Canada.
Leafcutter ants are the farmers of the Amazon rainforest.
These partners are already donating rainforest
About Wilderness International
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.
Nature conservation - extremely effective.
Over a period of six months, we were assessed for the effectiveness of our commitment in a multi-stage process by independent experts from the non-profit company Phineo.
The Phineo "Wirkt!" seal confirms that our work has a traceable effect and that we are a powerful and transparent organization. So you can be sure that your contribution is being used effectively.
You as the donor will receive the donation receipt. We will send all information and files to you.
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.
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 First Nation of Vancouver Island, as well as the joint effort to protect the Peel River Watershed with the Gwich'in of Fort McPherson.