WILD EARTH ALLIES:
Founded in 1981, this nonprofit identifies globally important wildlife and habitats that can be conserved through targeted collaborative action. It fosters local partnerships that result in lasting conservation impact. Limiting bureaucracy and overhead maximizes impact on the ground and collaborates with many talented partners to protect globally important biodiversity. The organization pursues cutting-edge initiatives that promise a better future for the planet and everything that lives on it.
* Photo by Allison Shelley for Wild Earth Allies. A Grauer’s gorilla in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo.