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Local Action with Global Impact: 2024 Program Updates
Wild Earth Allies protects vital areas of our natural world through collaboration with community-based leaders and their teams. Together we advance conservation rooted in local values and practices.
Rewilding the Great Cypress Swamp
Together with Delaware Wild Lands, we’ve planted 44,000 native trees in the Great Cypress Swamp–helping develop reforestation methods with regional and global significance.
Championing Marine Conservation in Cambodia: Ith Srey Oun of Wild Earth Allies
Ith Srey Oun is a young conservation leader and the Marine Project Coordinator with Wild Earth Allies’ Cambodia program. As part of our “Voices from the Field” series, we recently spoke with Srey Oun about her community-based work, the importance of Cambodia’s marine biodiversity, and much more.
How the Elephant Trees Project Restores Forests in Cambodia
In 2019, Wild Earth Allies began Cambodia’s first study of the Asian elephant diet in wild populations. After three years of research in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, we launched the Elephant Trees project, a novel tree-planting method focused on the trees Asian elephants eat.
Researchers Discover New Species of Bent-Toed Gecko in Cambodia
In collaboration with Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, IUCN, the Royal University of Phnom Penh, and La Sierra University, we recently described Cyrtodactylus regicavernicolus, a new gecko species.
Reflecting on Decades of Community-Based Conservation
In April 2024, Wild Earth Allies welcomed colleagues from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to the U.S. Our long-standing collaborations with Augustin K. Basabose, Ph.D., Michael Baraka, Eugène Rutagarama, and Joelle Rutagarama reflect decades of gorilla conservation work.
2024 Progress Report: Growing Our Global Impact, Together
Together with our teams and partners, Wild Earth Allies is deepening our work in key land and seascapes—4 million acres and counting—and expanding to new field sites where the opportunity for meaningful change for wildlife and local communities is greatest.
First Confirmation of Endangered Banteng in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains
Wild Earth Allies is thrilled to share the first confirmed sighting of endangered banteng in the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary of western Cambodia. While documented reports of footprints, dung, and sightings exist, recent camera trap footage filmed by our team offers the first undeniable evidence of banteng presence in the area.
Community-Based Blue Monkey Conservation on Idjwi Island
Idjwi Island is a rich ecosystem in Lake Kivu and part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Widespread deforestation on the island in the 1990s devastated local wildlife populations, including a rare sub-species of blue monkey. For many years, conservationists believed the sub-species was extinct until Wild Earth Allies’ partner Dr. Augustin K. Basabose rediscovered blue monkeys on Idjwi.
A Hawksbill Conservation Success Story: Behind the Scenes with ProCosta
In 2007, conservationists believed the hawksbill sea turtle was nearing extinction in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Today, after 15 years of dedicated work in El Salvador, Wild Earth Allies’ partner ProCosta has renewed hope for the species in the region.