Lush forest floor with bright green ferns, moss-covered ground, fallen logs, and tall evergreen trees overhead.

Give the rainforest as a gift

Your donation as a gift
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Your Wilderness Conservation Certificate

Immediately after making your donation, you will receive a personalised certificate detailing the piece of wilderness you have helped to protect.
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Wilderness Protection Certificate for Sally Sunshine's 18th birthday protecting 25 m² of rainforest in Peru, featuring wildlife and signatures.

How it works

  1. Select size

    On the donation form, select the size of the area of woodland you would like to protect.

  2. Fill in the donation form

    Fill in your details on the form – this will ensure that you receive all the information and your donation receipt.

  3. Design a certificate

    You can now add your name or the name of the person you’re giving the certificate to. If you like, you can also add an occasion.

  4. Received a certificate

    You can download the certificate straight after making your payment. It will also be sent to you by email – so you can forward it, print it out or give it as a present. This makes it the perfect last-minute gift! You can also download all the documents at any time afterwards via our donation portal.

  5. Enjoy giving them as presents!

1 €

Donation

protects

1 m2

old-growth forest

forever and binds

60 kg

CO2

permanently stored in the forest’s biomass

Save the rainforest now

A donation as a gift
Playful monkeys, rare coastal wolves and centuries-old primeval forest trees – the world’s rainforests are not only a wonder of nature, but also essential for a future worth living. Together with Wilderness International, you can protect them for ever.

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Key information about your charitable donation at a glance

Old-growth forests are home to a vast array of biodiversity and are essential for species conservation and climate stability. Once destroyed, they are lost forever. We purchase ecologically valuable wilderness areas and protect them in the long term.

Key information about your gift donation at a glance

  • Specific use: a €1 donation protects 1 m² of rainforest
  • Good for the climate: this ensures that 60 kg of CO2 remains permanently sequestered in living biomass
  • Transparent: you will receive a certificate showing the geographical coordinates and an aerial photograph of the protected woodland
  • Lasting impact: your one-off donation guarantees that the area is long-term protected
  • tax-deductible donation with a donation receipt

Working together to protect more wilderness

Sustainable gifts for Christmas and birthdays

The perfect gift for people who have everything: a piece of rainforest, protected for ever. You’re guaranteed to get it right.
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Sustainable gifts for weddings, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day

Is there any better way to show your love than by giving the gift of a piece of the future?
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Sustainable gifts for staff, sustainable gifts for customers

For sustainable, forward-looking businesses: Give the gift of a piece of rainforest.
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Where you can help protect forests

Impressions from our protected areas

Intact habitats still cover 2.8 per cent of the Earth’s land surface. That is still 4.17 million km2 of fantastic, precious natural environments that we can save together.
Bright green lichen with lobed leaves and delicate spores on tree bark, with soft dark green blurred background.
One of the many species of fern found in Canada’s rainforest.
Colourful toucan with black head, yellow belly, and red tail feathers perched on a grey branch against green foliage.
The brown-eared arassari belongs to the toucan family and is found in Peru.
Humpback whale swimming in green water near a rocky coastline covered with moss and trees.
A humpback whale off the coast of western Canada.
Leafcutter ant carrying a bright yellow leaf fragment across sandy soil with blurred dark background.
Leaf-cutter ants are the farmers of the Amazon rainforest.

How we protect forests

Find out more

How much does it cost to protect the forest?

Transparent use of funds

Every euro goes directly towards protecting valuable woodland. This is how we use your money.
1 € schützt
1 m2 Wald!

One-off costs

38 Cent Buying land and the purchasing process
19 Cent Preparing to buy land

Long-term costs

20 Cent Environmental education and communication
18 Cent Long-term protection and research
5 Cent Administrative costs

Every donation helps protect precious habitats. Including yours.

Healthy forests provide us with clean air and clear water, ensure a cool microclimate and, last but not least, offer us space for adventure and recreation.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What obligations do I have as a donor?

    None at all. A donation is a one-time or recurring gift with no ongoing financial or legal obligations. Legal ownership of the land remains permanently with our registered non-profit entities to guarantee its protection forever.

  • How do I get my certificate?

    You can download the certificate from the donations portal. We’ll send you the link to the donations portal in a confirmation email straight after you’ve made your donation. Click on the ‘Open donations portal’ link included in that email. Alternatively, you can request a login link here; this will be valid for 30 minutes. 

    In the donation portal, select your donation, click on ‘Your documents’ and you’ll see the word ‘Certificate’ in the top-left corner of the menu bar.

  • I want to gift a certificate to someone. What details do I need to provide on the donation form?

    Under Your contact details, please enter your own personal information. This ensures all payment confirmations, portal access, and official tax receipts are issued directly to you.

    To customize the gift:

    1. Look for the section titled Your wilderness protection certificate.
    2. Select "Would you like to personalize or gift the certificate?"
    3. Enter the recipient's name as you would like it to appear on the certificate.
    4. Add a personalized occasion if you wish (e.g., "For your 18th birthday" or "Happy Holidays").

    Once submitted, you will receive the digital certificate to download, print, or forward directly to the recipient.

  • How do I receive my donation receipt?

    Two weeks after your donation, you will receive a notification from us containing a link to your donation receipt. This, like the certificate, is available to download from the donations portal. Alternatively, you can request a link to the donations portal here, which will be valid for 30 minutes. In the donation portal, select your donation, click on ‘Your documents’ and then on ‘Receipt’ in the top-left menu. Please don’t forget to add your registered address to complete the process. You can do this by clicking on the small pencil icon. If you have donated before and already provided your address, you do not need to do this again.

    If you have set up a regular donation, you will receive a summary donation receipt for your donations over the course of a year on 31 January of the following year. 

    Good to know: If the amount donated is less than €300, you can alternatively use your bank statement for your tax return.

  • How can we ensure that the protected area is preserved for all time?

    In Canada, we are aided by the high level of legal certainty – or rather, the legal framework – and the penalties, which even prohibit trespassing, as well as the cultural and historical significance of property.

    In Peru, we have also launched a forest ranger programme in collaboration with local people. We have put several measures in place to ensure long-term protection. Generally speaking, we visit the areas on regular expeditions to check that everything is in order. We also work with local partners who inform us if necessary. The donations per square metre also already include the costs of property tax.

    The legal form of the foundation, unlike any other, allows a (charitable) purpose to be realised permanently and independently of external interests, thereby achieving the desired long-term effects. It is thus the most long-term organisational structure currently known. Not even states, companies or national parks are designed with such a long-term perspective. This makes the foundation the only organisation oriented towards the lifespan of the ecosystems we protect.

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