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PARTNERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

A clear strength of the Wilderness Foundation is its ability to network across interest groups.  Only together can we integrate the need for development with conservation of the environment, and bring into full play the value of wilderness and wildlands as a benchmark for original natural systems and human impact.

Cape Action Plan for People and the Environment:  (C.A.P.E.) 

A strategic partnership for sustainability in the Cape fynbos Eco region.  The Wilderness Foundation (WF), Conservation International's - Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund (CEPF) and C.A.P.E. are working together with regional and national agencies to establish and develop the Greater Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve - Eastern Cape.

Department of Economic Affairs, Environment and Tourism:  (DEAE&T)

The WF has been contracted by DEAE&T to employ and manage the project management unit, who over a three year period will compile and implement the developmental plan that will enable the Greater Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve to become a reality.

Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife: 

The primary focus of Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife is the running of wilderness courses in the North West and Mpumalanga regions and through this the perpetuation and growth of the wilderness ethic through experience of wild areas. 

Friends of Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area:  (FOBWA)

An affiliate of the Wilderness Foundation, FOBWA is a public support and interest group, formed specifically around the Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area.  Its members volunteer their time to assist the conservation agencies with activities in the kloof; ranging from alien-clearing work parties, to an honorary ranger corps. The group also raises public awareness of the area via public meetings, membership, and newsletters.

Global Nature Fund: (GNF)

The Global Nature Fund is a non-profit, private, independent, international foundation for the protection of environment and nature.  A project of GNF is the Living Lakes Network - an international network of 23 lakes from five continents that strives for effective protection of water in the most important lake areas around the world.

Msinsi Holdings:  

Msinsi is a world-class environmental land and dam management service provider, founded by the Wilderness Foundation and Umgeni Water in 1992 and based in KwaZulu Natal.

SA National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI):

The mission is to use the botanical gardens and resources of SANBI to inspire and enable people to take responsibility for the environment.   One way of achieving this is through their support of the Wilderness Foundation's Pride of Table Mountain Project.

Shamwari Game Reserve:

Together with Shamwari the WF is playing a key role in the overall management of the first ever private wilderness area in Africa including being instrumental in the training of wilderness guides and the setting up of trails. The WF has a legal servitude over the wilderness area drafted in such a way that the use of the area as wilderness is secured.

South African National Parks:  (SANParks)

SANParks and the Wilderness Foundation have a formal relationship with their joint venture project - Imbewu youth programme, which is operated in each of SANParks operational regions.  This project forms an integral part of their environmental education initiative and support them in making national parks the pride and joy of all South Africans.

Wilderness Action Group:  (WAG)

The main objective is to promote and advocate the wilderness concept throughout Southern Africa.  It works specifically with the Wilderness Foundation in delivering wilderness management training for reserve managers and related professionals.

Wilderness Scotland (UK):

Wilderness Scotland is a specialist tour operator offering walking, sailing and adventure holidays and tailor-made experiences in the most remote and beautiful regions of Scotland.

The WILD Foundation (USA):

The WILD Foundation was established by in the United States in 1974 by Dr Ian Player, under the legal name International Wilderness Leadership Foundation, with the help of Dan Galbreath (then owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates), Ed Gott ( US Steel),  Harry Tennison (Gamecoin), Bob Cleaves and Virginia Kraft.   Initially the focus of the organisation was South Africa.  The focus then became more international when WILD organised the 1977 and 1980 World Wilderness Congresses in Johannesburg, South Africa and Cairns, Australia. 

Vance Martin, WILDs President,  starting working with Dr Player in 1980 at the 2nd WWC, assumed responsibility for the organization shortly therefafter, and in 1985 re-branded it to The WILD Foundation.  Its flagship project is the World Wilderness Congress, now the world's longest-running, public environmental forum, having convened eight times around the world. Its projects integrate wilderness conservation with the needs of human communities, and are in three program areas: Wilderness Policy and Management; Wilderness Communications and Media; and Local Action Projects.  

The Wilderness Foundation (UK):

The Wilderness Foundation, UK is a sister organization of the WF and is dedicated to promoting the value of the world's remaining wild landscapes and the urgent need for their conservation, by providing greater knowledge through direct experience of these areas.