New year, new power

We hope this finds you well and full of energy. Let us wish you a late Happy New Year on behalf of the 1wild team.

Perhaps it will inspire you as much as it does us to learn about fellow conservationists and their projects. In 2025 we have awarded small grants to 14 of them, trying to pick those which we think are most important to save irreplaceable species. As a guest on this website you are probably familiar with our concept to focus on EDGE (evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered) species, i.e. a small subset of species which are of extraordinary importance for preserving evolutionary history. Some of them are also keystone species, and many live in EDGE, biodiversity or endemism hotspots.

So, 1wild grantees deal with species and habitats of literally pivotal importance. Last year they included 3 projects on crocodiles (a clade particularly worthy of protection, along with amphibians, testudines, sharks and rays), 1 project protecting no less than 16 EDGE species (mostly amphibians) in a single EDGE-hotspot in Veracruz (Mexico), 2 turtle and 2 bird species, as well as 4 mammal species, a pilot study measuring biodiversity using environmental DNA, and several tree snail species which are being reintroduced after having gone extinct in the wild.

That's quite something, isn't it?

In the current year, just 2 weeks old, we have added projects on 3 more bird species, 2 more mammals, a crocodile and a tortoise species – most of them in much need of conservation attention.

For our entire small team, it has been gratifying to review these projects, and we hope our support helps them achieve their goals.

Thank you all for defending the wild!

With best wishes,

The 1wild team