The Forever Wild initiative has been designed to unlock investment to protect remaining intact ecological systems. The Earth’s last great wildernesses are critical for societal well-being, for biological diversity and the planet's evolutionary potential, but protecting them requires urgent changes to our economic interactions with nature.
What is Wilderness?
A natural landscape larger than 10,000km square with limited impact from modern technology. A part of this Earth where people often live, but where they do not destroy the natural systems or co-existing values. It is a misconception that wilderness excludes people, and the Forever Wild initiative proactively works with Indigenous People and Local Communities (IPLCs).
What is the Forever Wild Initiative?
The initiative represents a major effort to create change in how we engage with our planet. In 2018, the Forever Wild initiative was launched with a registered Australian charity to drive and oversee an ambitious social and ecological mandate. With the core charity for governance, the Initiative now comprises innovative profit-for-purpose structures to enable tangible, non-detrimental returns from natural capital. These structures attract private investment and are opening the door to significant finance for nature and Indigenous People and Local Communities.
The Forever Wild Initiative has a bold vision spanning future generations - a world in which there will always be vast and wild places, rich in biological diversity and human culture.
We are one of the few organisations worldwide that have successfully created the opportunity for private & institutional investment to support nature on a large scale.
"Only by linking the natural and human values of the remaining wilderness on our planet will we have any chance of protecting these remarkable landscapes and ensuring they play a key role in human well-being a thousand years from now". Fiachra Kearney, CEO.
How do we do work?
Blending philanthropy with impact investment we acquire, protect and innovate. We protect wilderness by creating ecological and social equity, and driving innovation in non-destructive economic activity. We co-design with communities; we believe in people, we believe in our Earth, and we reject wholesale corporate destruction of our planet. And we act, because at this juncture in human history it is our actions - not our words - that count.
