Amazon Rainforest
Madre de Dios, Peru
Ugandan Woodlands
Gulu, Uganda
Palorinya Refugee Settlement, Uganda
Ugandan Woodlands

Congo Rainforest
Kalonge Nature Reserve, DRC
AMAZON RAINFOREST:
The southeastern Peruvian Amazon is one of the most biologically diverse habitats on Earth—and under severe deforestation due to highway expansion, gold mining and agriculture.
WILDFF initiatives: Land conservation, environmental education, youth leadership, market-based conservation, organizational capacity building.
UGANDAN WOODLANDS:
In the wake of civil war and poverty, Uganda has lost 2/3 of its forests in the past 20 years.
WILDFF initiatives: Landscape scale reforestation, empowerment of traditional women healers, agroforestry and climate resiliency training with farmers
Global displacement is at an all-time high, and the basic need for food, shelter and energy by refugees leads to long-term degradation of nearby forests.
WILDFF initiatives:Environmental interventions in a refugee settlement, including reforestation, construction of high-efficiency cookstoves and climate resiliency education.
CONGO RAINFOREST:
The Congo rainforest biome is the world’s second-largest rainforest, however, the wildlife and intact forests are in sharp decline due to poverty, civil war, agricultural expansion, and logging.
WILDFF initiatives: Community-based reforestation, creation of wildlife refuge, organizational capacity building