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Rewi ✕ CastCrafter Forest

Protect forest now

A mission combining gaming, adventure and genuine nature conservation

Rewi and CastCrafter are on an expedition in the Amazon, the most biodiverse place on Earth! Surrounded by playful monkeys, gigantic jungle giants and mysterious jaguars, they are exploring the conservation areas managed by the Wilderness International Foundation. 

Their mission: to protect as much rainforest as possible, together with their community and Wilderness International! Because outside the protected areas, it becomes clear why this vital ecosystem is under such threat. Threats such as gold mining, road construction and illegal logging are drawing ever closer… Just

€1 protects 1 m² for ever! Join in and protect your own plot in the Rewi ✕ CastCrafter Forest now – for yourself or as a gift!

Donations

have wilderness sponsors

m2 old-growth forest

protected for ever, thereby ensuring that

tonnes of CO2

remain permanently bound in the forest’s biomass

“Hi, I’m Rewinside and I’m a gamer or something like that... which is why I want to do everything I can to make sure our world looks exactly like the one I’ve been building in Minecraft for years!” – Rewi “With

my colour blindness, I might see green differently, but I still know how valuable it is to us all!” – CastCrafter
Rewi & CastCrafter

Every contribution counts!

We have a grand vision: to protect the world’s last remaining true wilderness areas for ever!
To achieve this, we purchase ecologically valuable and critically endangered forest areas through registration in the land register, in order to protect them in a legally secure, permanent and transparent manner. These purchases are funded by your donations and safeguarded for the long term. 

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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’d like to give the certificate to. If you’d like, you can also add an occasion.

  4. Received a certificate

    You can download the certificate showing the geographical coordinates of the protected area from our donation portal immediately after payment. We will email you a link to the certificate and details of the square metres you have helped to protect.

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Your Wilderness Conservation Certificate – also a perfect gift

Immediately after making your donation, you’ll receive a personalised certificate detailing the piece of wilderness you’ve helped to protect. It also makes a brilliant gift, by the way!
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Wilderness International wildlife protection certificate for Toni Tropenwind. Protects Rewa x Castrafter Forests in Guyana, featuring images of a squirrel monkey, rainforest, and two people.

This is what it looks like in the tropical rainforest

The Rewi ✕ CastCrafter Forest is situated in Peru, in the Madre de Dios region – the most biodiverse place in the world. And it is you who are protecting this place!
Four red macaws with blue and green wing feathers perched on branches among green foliage.
A paradise for bird lovers: Madre de Dios is home to a wide variety of bird species, such as these stunning, colourful scarlet macaws (Ara macao).
Reddish-brown ape hanging from branch surrounded by lush green leaves in forest canopy.
Their neighbours include, for example, the howler monkeys (Alouatta), whose calls are impossible to miss. They have the loudest calls of any land animal – their cries can be heard up to 5 kilometres away!
Person in yellow shirt standing beside massive rainforest tree with buttress roots in jungle water.
Our protected areas are home to many ancient giant trees, whose various storeys provide a habitat for countless animals.  
A spotted jaguar walks across a moss-covered rock in a dense, lush green rainforest.
Jaguars (Panthera onca) are rarely encountered. They tend to keep their distance from us – yet they are never far away.
Aerial view of Amazon rainforest with winding rivers, lush green canopy, and dramatic sky at sunset with golden light rays.
The Tambopata River is the only way to reach our conservation areas, which lie in the heart of the rainforest.
Bright green tree frog with orange legs and belly clinging to a mossy branch against a black background.
Tiger macaque frogs are an indicator of an intact forest, as they depend on undisturbed rainforests.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What does Wilderness International do?

    Wilderness International purchases wilderness areas in a legally secure manner and protects them for generations to come. These purchases are funded by donations, which not only ensure the long-term protection of the areas but also enable environmental education projects and research into CO2 sequestration and biodiversity. Donors receive a personalised certificate showing the exact geographical coordinates of the protected forest area, so that the protection can be directly traced. We are currently active in the temperate rainforest of western Canada and the Amazon rainforest of Peru, where we are protecting ancient primary rainforests.

  • What obligations does sponsorship entail for me?

    There are no further obligations on your part. The donation is a one-off payment and enables us, as a foundation, to ensure the long-term protection of the area. The sponsorship is symbolic. The woodland remains the property of the foundation.

  • 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 and the legal framework, as well as the penalties – which even prohibit trespass – and 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, enables it to fulfil a (charitable) purpose 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 to last that long. This makes the foundation the only organisation oriented towards the lifespan of the ecosystems we protect.

  • Why is it important to donate NOW?

    The rainforests in Peru and Canada are among the last 2.8 per cent of intact wilderness areas on our planet – and are, unfortunately, under acute threat (Plumptre et al., 2021). 10–15 per cent of all annual emissions are caused by the destruction of these forests and their peatlands – which is why we must act now!

    Numerous studies confirm the threat to the rainforests in Peru and Canada. Everyone is aware of the value of – and the threat to – the Amazon rainforest. Yet hardly anyone talks about the forgotten ecosystem of British Columbia:
     

    • It is home to the world’s last large contiguous area of temperate rainforest (DellaSala, 2010). And yet, of all places, British Columbia is one of the last jurisdictions in the world that still permits the large-scale felling of primeval giants aged between 600 and 1,800 years (Wu, 2019).
    • Between 2003 and 2010, deforestation in BC was responsible for higher annual CO2 emissions than the whole of Finland (Wieting, 2015). The main causes of this are the timber industry, agriculture and infrastructure development.
    • The Ancient Forest Alliance’s online map (2016) provides a striking visualisation of how deforestation in south-eastern BC had progressed by 2016.


    If we lose the last remaining intact rainforests, this will have catastrophic consequences for our planet. The concept of planetary boundaries states that there are certain ecological limits; exceeding these endangers the stability of the Earth’s ecosystem and, consequently, the future of humanity. Numerous studies show that we are well on the way to exceeding at least five of the nine planetary boundaries, also known as ‘tipping points’. One of these is the loss of the tropical rainforest. We can already feel the effects of climate change, but we still have the chance to avert the worst consequences, as the summary of the book ‘Earth for All’ shows.

     

About Wilderness International

The foundation, which has offices in Peru, Canada and Germany, acquires wilderness areas in a legally secure manner and protects them for all future generations. These acquisitions are funded by donations, which ensure the long-term protection of the areas and enable environmental education projects and research into CO2 storage and biodiversity. 
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