Together with our partners, Wild Earth Allies creates lasting, positive change for wildlife, habitats, and people. Our community-based work shows that saving at-risk wildlife is possible when we put people and their well-being at the heart of our conservation...
In southern Cameroon, the Dja Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognized for its globally important biodiversity. At-risk wildlife like African forest elephants, western lowland gorillas, and central chimpanzees roam its 1.3 million acres of...
In 2018, Wild Earth Allies joined forces with the women-led cooperative Imbereheza Gahunga under the guidance of our long-time Conservation Advisor, Eugène Rutagarama. This community-based collaboration builds on our decades-long history of gorilla conservation while...
On the beaches of El Salvador, community-based conservation efforts are making extraordinary strides in the fight to save critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles in ways that benefit people, too. In 2022, Wild Earth Allies’ Salvadoran partner ProCosta achieved the...
At 10,800 acres, the Great Cypress Swamp, also known as the Swamp, is statewide land trust Delaware Wild Land’s largest land holding and the state’s largest contiguous block of forestland. I recently had the pleasure of rediscovering a plant in the Great Cypress Swamp...
Wild Earth Allies believes protecting the planet begins with people. Our Voices from the Field series is a behind-the-scenes look into the conservation efforts of our talented field teams and partners around the world. José Urteaga, Ph.D. is Wild Earth Allies’...