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Re:wild

Re:wild protects and restores the wild. They have a singular and powerful focus: the wild as the most effective solution to the interconnected climate, biodiversity and human wellbeing crises. Founded by a group of renowned conservation scientists together with Leonardo DiCaprio, Re:wild is a force multiplier that brings together Indigenous peoples, local communities, influential leaders, nongovernmental organizations, governments, companies and the public to protect and rewild at the scale and speed we need. Learn more at rewild.org.

Re:wild is a key partner of the Global Rewilding Alliance, contributing to our founding in 2021 and continue to be a core collaborator on various programmatic and policy efforts.

WILD Foundation

The WILD Foundation is a global non-profit organization dedicated to protecting Earth’s wildness through grassroots empowerment, policy advocacy, and international collaboration that span over 40 countries. Founded in 1974, WILD has played a pivotal role in establishing the World Wilderness Congress, the longest-running public environmental forum, which fosters dialogue and action on protecting and restoring wildness. Learn more at wild.org.

In the lead up to the 11th World Wilderness Congress, WILD alongside many collaborators worked to create the Global Charter for Rewilding the Earth which lays the foundation for the Global Rewilding Alliance. WILD acted as secretariat and facilitator of the Alliance, playing a key role in incubating us until the start of 2023 when we were in a position to launch a new separate entity incorporated in Switzerland.

Rewilding Europe

Rewilding Europe, a non-profit founded in 2011, has a mission to demonstrate the benefits of wilder nature through the rewilding of diverse European landscapes, and to inspire and enable others to engage in rewilding by providing tools and practical expertise. Across eleven large rewilding landscapes, their work is breathing life back into the land and waters at landscape scale. They are supporting communities and a nature economy in these landscapes as well as bringing back keystone species such as the European Bison, Iberian Lynx, and Wild Horses, aiming to enhance biodiversity, ecosystem resilience, and natural processes. Rewilding Europe employs a collaborative approach, working with its dedicated rewilding partner organisations in 13 countries, businesses, and a growing European Rewilding Network with 114 high-level partners throughout the continent. Discover more at rewildingeurope.com.

A key and longstanding alliance partner; their Executive Director and co-founder, Frans Schepers, is on the GRA Board.

Fundación Rewilding Chile

Fundación Rewilding Chile is a Chilean non-profit dedicated to large-scale nature recovery in Chilean Patagonia. Established as part of the legacy of Douglas and Kristine Tompkins, the organization has been instrumental in creating and expanding national parks through a long-term public–private collaboration with the Chilean government. This effort led to the establishment of the Route of Parks of Patagonia, an initiative that connects 17 national parks and collectively protects over 110,000 square kilometres of land. Learn more at rewildingchile.org.

Rewilding Chile’s approach is ambitious, landscape-scale, and long-lasting, integrating community engagement and cultural identity at its core. The organization works to counteract climate chaos and the species extinction crisis by protecting the beauty and health of the planet. Rewilding is their holistic strategy—encompassing the creation of terrestrial and marine national parks, ecosystem restoration, active management of threatened species such as the huemul deer, puma, and Andean condor, and the promotion of wellbeing among local communities. Their work also includes activism and public education that foster a culture of conservation.

A key alliance partner; their Executive Director, Carolina Morgado, is on the GRA Board.

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

IFAW is a global non-profit organization dedicated to improving the welfare of animals and fostering coexistence between people and wildlife. Founded in 1969, IFAW operates in over 40 countries that span various programs, including wildlife rescue, marine conservation, and wildlife crime prevention. In collaboration with local communities, governments, and other stakeholders, IFAW aims to implement solutions that are economically viable and globally scalable in the long term. Discover more at ifaw.org/uk.

IFAW is a key partner with us in our global policy advocacy. They have worked with us to ensure that our foundational science of Animating the Carbon Cycle (ACC) can bridge climate and biodiversity policy. ACC shows that wild animals enable healing ecosystems to draw down much more carbon than without them; IFAW have pushed forward this agenda through creating the Wildlife Guidelines for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which help governments integrate wildlife protection and ecosystem restoration into their national climate strategies.

Biophilia Foundation

The Biophilia Foundation is a U.S.-based nonprofit foundation that advances the return of biodiversity on private lands. Through its grantmaking activities, the foundation supports four core areas: private land conservation, watershed restoration, restorative economies (for example, projects that create livelihoods from habitat restoration, carbon-credit finance, sustainable ranching, etc.), and policy that enables wildness, restoration, and nature-based solutions. Discover more at biophiliafoundation.org.

A key partner, Jennifer Gooden, President/CEO, joined us for an interactive session on engaging private landowners using principles drawn from the psychology of human motivation, highlighting how private landowners become motivated to recover nature on their land.

Ben Goldsmith

Ben Goldsmith is a leading advocate for rewilding and nature recovery in the UK and beyond. As the host of the Rewilding the World podcast, he extends that vision globally, featuring conversations with pioneers of restoration from every continent who are restoring ecosystems and bringing wildlife back to degraded landscapes. Ben is also the founder and chair of the Conservation Collective, a fast-growing network of local environmental foundations that spans more than twenty island and coastal regions around the world, from the Cyclades and Mallorca to Barbados and Sri Lanka, each that empower communities to protect and restore nature.

Ben also leads his own rewilding project in Somerset’s Brewham Valley, where he is transforming his family’s farm into a thriving mosaic of wildflower meadows, woodlands, and wetlands. Over the past decade, Ben has allowed natural processes to take the lead, restoring streams to their natural courses, removing fences, reintroducing native species like beavers, and watching wildlife return in abundance.

Olson Bison

The Olson Bison Rewilding Project in Manitoba and Alberta, Canada, is a family-led initiative restoring wild Bison and their ecosystems across vast prairie landscapes. Founded by Tom Olson in 1992, the project protects over 400 square kilometres of native grassland, where thousands of free-ranging Bison now help regenerate biodiversity, soil health, and ecological balance. By reintroducing this keystone species, the Olson family is reviving both the natural and cultural heritage of the northern prairies, showing how private land stewardship can drive large-scale rewilding. Read more about the Olson Bison Rewilding Project here.

A key partner; Tom Olson and family have a long-term and ambitious vision. Hear more from Tom Olson himself.

André Hoffman

André Hoffmann is a businessman and firmly believes in business as a force for good. He is a passionate advocate for the corporate pursuit of societal purpose and sustainability. André is the Vice Chairman of Roche Holding AG, established by his great-grandfather in 1896, and also serves on the board of the fully-owned subsidiary, Genentech Inc.

Alongside these non-executive roles in the family business, André is co-chair of the World Economic Forum; he also joined the Board of SystemIQ to help drive positive disruption in economic systems. He is President of W.A. de Vigier Stiftung and Vice-chairman of the board of the Venture Foundation. Together with his wife Rosalie, André is co-chair of InTent, a platform which aims to accelerate sustainable solutions by building bridges and connecting people.

André also has a distinguished career in nature conservation and sustainability. He is the President of Fondation Tour du Valat, a world-renowned institute dedicated to wetland conservation, he is the Chairman of Capitals Coalition, and serves on the boards of B-Team, Peace Parcs and the Givaudan Foundation.

André’s also helped establish the Hoffmann Institute at INSEAD, and chairs its Advisory Board, and the Hoffmann Center for Sustainability at the Graduate Institute in Geneva.

Earthly Insight

Earthly Insight is an eco-aware AI platform that offers text-based conversational tools, differentiated by a built-in commitment to environmental restoration: 33% of its subscription revenue is donated to rewilding initiatives. Find out more at earthlyinsight.com.

As the first Private-Sector Champion of the Global Rewilding Alliance, Earthly Insight provides stable, predictable funding to support the Alliance’s operations. Through this partnership, the Alliance is pioneering a model where technology, revenue, and rewilding are directly linked, offering a novel example of how business can contribute meaningfully to nature’s recovery. Learn more about the partnership between GRA and Earthly Insight.

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