Wild Earth Allies

We’re proud to share a short film featuring highlights from our recent gathering in Washington, D.C. Together with Wild Earth Allies Board members, Ambassadors, supporters, and colleagues, we honored the extraordinary work of our long-time partners Augustin K. Basabose, MICHAEL Baraka NYAKABEJI, Eugene Rutagarama, and Joelle Rutagarama. Board member Mohamed Bakarr moderated a lively conversation with these distinguished panelists from the DRC and Rwanda. In Mohamed’s words, “Their leadership and their locally led actions are what’s going to drive the kind of change that we’re looking for at the planetary scale.”  Watch the film and join us in celebrating these conservation leaders! Primate Expertise Film by DoGoodery #CommunityConservation #GorillaConservation

"Beautiful Beasts, Beautiful Lands: The Fall and Rise of an African National Park” by Mark Infield is an insightful read on the importance of community voices and values in conservation. We’re proud that our Executive Director, Katie Frohardt, is included in the acknowledgments section for championing the author’s work on culture in conservation across decades.  Learn more: https://bit.ly/4cMV5v2

We are thrilled to announce that our partner Dr. Augustin K. Basabose of Primate Expertise has been honored with the Golden Citizen Patriot Award in the Democratic Republic of the Congo! This prestigious award, presented by the Nouvelle Dynamique de la Société Civile (NDSCI), recognizes his outstanding contributions to Congolese society. The NDSCI honored Dr. Basabose for his dedication to protecting biodiversity and mentoring the next generation of conservationists. His work safeguarding primates and their habitats has made a significant impact on both wildlife and communities. We are immensely proud to work with Dr. Basabose and his team. Please join us in celebrating this well-deserved honor! 👏

Welcome Cambodia’s newest species—the royal cave bent-toed gecko! Wild Earth Allies was thrilled to collaborate with the Ministry of Environment, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, IUCN, the Royal University of Phnom Penh, and La Sierra University to help describe this gecko, Cyrtodactylus regicavernicolus. This new discovery highlights Cambodia's unique biodiversity and our team’s leadership in the field. Learn more: https://loom.ly/mXMQkKE Photo courtesy of Ministry of Environment, Cambodia

Wild Earth Allies is growing! Are you passionate about protecting the planet and excited to work with a lean team focused on impact? We’re looking for a Digital Communications Manager and a Grants Associate based in the Washington, D.C. metro area. The deadline for applications is July 17. Learn more and apply: https://loom.ly/htswf5U 📷: Allison Shelley

In Cambodia, our Community Fishery partners are working to save sea turtles trapped in fishing nets. Over the past few weeks, local fishers accidentally caught three endangered green sea turtles and reported them to the Changhaon Community Fishery in Kampot. The Changhaon team weighed, documented, and tagged the turtles before releasing them back into the Gulf of Thailand. By tagging turtles, we can track their movements and improve protection efforts. Big thanks to the Changhaon Community Fishery for making this work possible! 📷: Ben Valentine #SeaTurtleRescue #SeaTurtleConservation

A climate-stable, thriving planet depends on standing rainforests. 🌎 This #WorldRainforestDay marks the start of the Year of Action #forRainforests. To end deforestation and mitigate the worst effects of climate change, we must come together in immediate and unrelenting action. Will you join us in the global movement to protect and restore these vital ecosystems? Take action at worldrainforestday.org World Rainforest Day

#WorldRainforestDay is just two days away! Did you know: 🐸 Half of the world’s biodiversity can be found in rainforests 🌳 Rainforests absorb and store up to 30% of global carbon emissions 🌍 Scientists agree that protecting rainforests is critical to ensuring a climate-stable future 🪵 Only 36% of our planet’s original rainforests remain intact Today and every day, we celebrate these critical ecosystems and their guardians. We can all do more #forRainforests. Please join us. World Rainforest Day

Today we celebrate the #Juneteenth holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. To build a thriving world that sustains us all, we must acknowledge our past and honor all voices and perspectives as we fight for a more just future. 📷: Steven Brewer

We are honored to expand our coastal conservation programs to Cambodia’s Kampong Smach estuary in Sihanouk Province, thanks to support from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, and the Sihanouk Provincial Fisheries Administration. We are also proud to partner with eight Community Fishery groups who rely on the estuary for its critical nursery grounds for marine life and as a vital source of income. This area became a Marine Fisheries Management Area (MFMA) in 2022 and now protects Cambodia’s second-largest mangrove forest. Globally, the ecosystem is recognized as a Key Biodiversity Area and an Important Bird Area. Recently, we led a mapping workshop and biodiversity assessment with our Community Fishery partners and the Fisheries Administration. This exercise was an important first step in co-designing an MFMA zoning and management plan that will ensure the sustainable use and long-term protection of the Kampong Smach mangrove estuary. 📷: Dalik Moeu