Blog - Wild Philanthropy

Nyirangongo Disaster Relief Fund

Tuesday, 1st June, 2021

Virunga National Park has set up the Nyiragongo Disaster Relief Fund in response to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s stratovolcano’s most recent eruption, which resulted in the…

The African Travel Recovery Fund

Sunday, 28th March, 2021

In a recent article on the immediate and long term impact of Covid-19 on Africa’s wildernesses and the prospects of the communities that both rely on and…

Boots on the ground: Enonkishu’s new ranger outpost

Tuesday, 19th January, 2021

Those of you familiar with our work will know that the wonderful Enonkishu Conservancy one of the at-risk ecosystems supported by Wild Philanthropy. The below report comes…

Regenerative travel and the case for travel-driven conservation models

Wednesday, 30th September, 2020

Just a quick note to say that I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at the first Regenerative Travel Summit. As a concept, regenerative travel…

Enonkishu: COVID-19, our support, and two conservancy heroes

Tuesday, 12th May, 2020

One of the African Tourism Crisis Fund’s first grants was to Enonkishu Conservancy, a Wild Philanthropy core ecosystem project, and which as well suffering the knock-on effects…

Conserving Africa’s wildernesses: lockdown, loss, and mitigating the threat

Monday, 20th April, 2020

The first of a series of blogs from Domenica Dryer, who has over the last few months done a wonderful job reaching out to Wild Philanthropy’s donors….

The African Tourism Crisis Fund: fast, simple and effective support for COVID-hit communities

Friday, 17th April, 2020

As you will no doubt be aware, the knock-on effect of the COVID-19 crisis on conservation in Africa has been nothing short of catastrophic. With national borders…

Sustainable travel – an oxymoron?

Wednesday, 26th February, 2020

I spent my whole career working on environmental issues – with climate change at the heart of those. Although often it’s been tough, working to try and…

Way of the old

Thursday, 20th February, 2020

I was delighted to note in travel magazine Cartography’s latest issue an essay – We Are All Brothers and Sisters – by the anthropologist Wade Davis. If…