WILD Foundation Interview
We are all wild at heart – it’s in our DNA. By respecting and conserving the natural world that has allowed humanity to thrive for millenia, we can reduce the impact of climate change, the loss of species, and the likelihood of global pandemics.
WILD Foundation garners public support for the protection of wilderness and wildlife by creating popular movements and shaping policy.
Find out how you can help shift public opinion in favour of positive action: conservation and restoration.
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February 13, 2021
Look After the Natural World and It Will Look After Us
#122 Great.com Talks With... WILD
We all know the adage ‘Never bite the hand that feeds you’. Mother Nature provides our planet’s life support system; she is our lungs, our water and our food. But she is also threatened by human activity. In this episode we talked with Vance Martin from WILD Foundation about the existential importance of protecting and restoring Earth’s wilderness and wildlife.
Positive, Necessary and Often Dramatic Change Change Must Have Popular Appeal
WILD galvanizes support for nature by working on the ground and at leadership level around the world to mobilize action-oriented, international coalitions. One of these is Nature Needs Half, a community of scientists, charities and public officials that aims to protect half of our planet by 2030 in order to sustain all life on earth. Vance explains that protecting Mother Earth is not only a matter of respect for the natural resources that have sustained us. Crucially, it’s about self-preservation. The destruction of the natural world catalyzes climate change, biodiversity loss and the spread of pandemics.
To convince people that protecting the natural world is the most cost-effective solution to these problems, WILD works on many of its own initiatives and also as part of the International Union for Conservation of Nature - the largest international environmental network and organisation that informs UN policy -, among its many responsibilities.
Listen to the whole interview to hear about other WILD coalitions, such as the Global Rewilding Alliance, which aims to restore degraded areas of land and seas to bolster the health and strength of people and nature. You can also learn about the importance of popular movements and read about groups such as Coalition Wild, which empowers young leaders to champion nature conservation.
Want to learn more about WILD Foundation? You can check out their blog and follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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