We are the only conservation NGO
whose core mission is to
protect the primary forests
What We’re Doing
We aim to protect the world's primary forests for their vital cultural, biodiversity, and climate benefits. These forests are essential natural climate solutions that help mitigate global warming. Our goal is to end primary forest loss by promoting forest protections and transitioning to alternative wood supplies. Visit our mapping and inventorying mature forests project at matureforests.org for more information.
- Saving Primary Forests
- Protected Areas and The World Heritage Convention
- Ecological Restoration and Fire Management
- Ecoregional Conservation Assessments
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead
Where We Work
We deliver cutting edge science, bold advocacy and innovative field projects to secure protections for primary and old growth forests in North America (U.S. and Canada), and international policy.
We prioritize locations based on their biodiversity and climate sanctuary potential, focusing our science and advocacy to support partners in advancing protection proposals hindered by fire and other challenges.
There's still time...if we act now!
Primary forests are critically important to saving biodiversity and fighting climate change, and are very often the homelands of Indigenous peoples around the world, yet we continue to lose irreplaceable primary forests at very high rates. But saving primary forests is achievable. We can and should greatly increase the amount of climate change funding available for primary forest protection and for ecological restoration of degraded forests. We should also stop subsidizing forest destruction via trillions of dollars in subsidies for extractive industries and agriculture and redirect those subsidies to protected areas, Indigenous peoples and local communities. Wild Heritage is working to enable this change. It’s not too late. We can still opt for a safe, healthy and harmonious planet. But we must act now.
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