The Wyss Campaign for Nature has helped local indigenous communities, national governments, land trusts, and non-profit partners permanently protect nearly 90 million acres of land and more than 1.7 square kilometers of ocean – an area of land roughly the size of Finland and an area of ocean nearly the size of Mexico.
Read MoreThe Wyss Foundation is excited to spotlight a $1,000,000 grant to Trout Unlimited. Trout Unlimited works to bring together diverse interests to care for rivers and streams for wild and native fish and the communities who enjoy them.
Read MoreNations have just finalized the most ambitious strategy to protect the planet’s biodiversity in recent history, ratifying a plan to safeguard at least 30 percent of the Earth’s surface, on land and at sea, by 2030 (30x30). This historic news comes more than four years after philanthropist and lifelong conservationist, Hansjörg Wyss, catalyzed a global campaign by launching the Wyss Campaign for Nature.
Read MoreThe Wyss Foundation today announced a commitment of up to $65M to the South African-based conservation organization African Parks to support the protection and management of four existing parks in Rwanda and Malawi and to enable the non-profit organization to conserve up to five new protected areas yet to be identified in other countries.
Read MoreAs part of its ongoing commitment to help restore the world’s oceans, the Wyss Foundation today announced that it is giving $8 million over the next five years to support science-based policies that ensure robust and resilient global marine ecosystems and to help rebuild fisheries in Mexico.
Read MoreWith a new $6 million commitment to wildlife conservation in Eastern Africa, the Wyss Foundation today joined a growing local, regional, and international effort to combat poaching and wildlife trafficking that is decimating wild elephant and rhino populations.
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