WILD FORESTS AND FAUNA
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Mission Statement
Wild Forests & Fauna protects and restores globally important forests through community-based projects.
About This Cause
Wild Forests and Fauna (WildFF) supports and develops place-based organizations, projects, and individuals that share our mission to protect and restore threatened forests and species. Based out of Seattle, Washington, WildFF works around the world to ensure that the planet’s forests and wildlife are protected and thriving for current and future generations. WildFF’s overall approach is to support local leaders and organizations who want to conserve their forests and wildlife. We work with partners in the following ways: PROTECT – We protect threatened forests through responsible land acquisitions RESTORE – We restore native forests through reforestation projects and developing sustainable economies in local communities SUPPORT – We support our partners to establish themselves institutionally and acquire the funds necessary to catalyze their vision Our Current Projects include: ARCAMAZON: The Las Piedras region of the Peruvian Amazon is part of the Western Andes Biodiversity Hotspot, one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet and home to some of the world’s last uncontacted indigenous tribes. Since 2013, Wild Forests & Fauna has been working with their Peru-based partner, ARCAmazon, to design and establish their non-profit organization. ARCAmazon utilizes educational programs, ecotourism, and other sustainable resource-based business activities to: CONSERVE the region’s rich biodiversity MINIMIZE threats to the environment and the local communities CONNECT local and international students with the Amazon rainforest FUTURE LEADERS: Future Leaders is a multi-year youth leadership program that provides aspiring young individuals with skills in sustainable business, innovation, and leadership. Programs are hosted in globally important, endangered forests that have significant opportunities for conservation. We invite local youth (aged 18-30) who want to conserve their natural resources and be successful entrepreneurs. Knowing that one person can change the world, we stay connected and committed to our participants after the workshops. The Future Leaders program also supports its participants by: Introducing them to experienced professionals, both local and international, to help broaden their networks Providing direct advisory support on their projects Offering ongoing mentoring sessions Connecting them with opportunities for scholarships, grants and other project funding NATIVE SEEDS: The Native Seeds Project is a collaborative effort of Wild Forests and Fauna and Mon Ma Ryek (Wise Women–Uganda), a community-based organization and cooperative of female, traditional healers in Northern Uganda. Our mission is to make Northern Ugandan communities more resilient in the face of climate change by contributing to forest landscape restoration through community-based initiatives that endorse and strengthen an ancient relationship between people and plants. The Native Seeds Project contributes to forest landscape restoration and sustainable livelihoods in Northern Uganda by creating agroforestry systems that focus on native tree species that can be spread to local communities. Our agroforestry systems address the multifaceted needs of both human and biological communities: food security, traditional herbal medicine, economic viability, soil restoration, and biodiversity. The Native Seeds Project contributes to: Empowerment of women by providing resources and ongoing training to the 150 women and traditional healers that make up Mon Ma Ryek. Areas of thematic interest include: beekeeping, native tree planting, care and management, product development of herbal medicine, and Village Savings and Loan Association support. Environmental education by supporting a local secondary school with support and training to supplement their students’ Environmental Club and providing a reforestation demonstration plot and native tree species nursery from students and surrounding communities to learn from. Community health by working side-by-side with traditional healers to develop herbal medicines that treat common, treatable illnesses suffered by people in Northern Uganda. These products are in process of being tested by Uganda’s Ministry of Health as a potential affordable and sustainable alternative to more costly treatments. BIG TREE PROJECT: The Big Tree Project is actively identifying solutions to the pressures facing big trees in various regions. In specific forest communities of Uganda, Peru, and the US, the following three methods are being employed to protect their big trees: Tree Monitoring: The development phase of a tree mapping and surveillance system has been initiated. Using traditional field research techniques as well as an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (better known as a drone), the goal is to map the number of big trees and local forest conditions to develop areas of local conservation priority and support existing conservation policies. The long-term goal is to use the drone in forest frontier regions to detect illegal logging and improve the information used by communities and natural resource managers Reforestation: A pilot project is being researched in the Peruvian Amazon to restore important big trees, such as coaba and cedar. Our researchers are actively developing a nursery and carrying out strategic plantings as well as identifying community partners and applying for funding sources Social Media: Our Facebook page actively engages viewers through weekly posts and campaigns to bring awareness about the importance and threats facing big trees