Women rewilding the world
As part of their mission to protect and restore Earth's biodiversity, our cause partner Re:wild believes that the wild is for the 100% and women are important leaders in our fight against climate change and its effects on people and planet. Here, discover the stories of just a few of the women Re:wild partners with around the world to make a difference.
Women rewilding the world
As part of their mission to protect and restore Earth's biodiversity, our cause partner Re:wild believes that the wild is for the 100% and women are important leaders in our fight against climate change and its effects on people and planet. Here, discover the stories of just a few of the women Re:wild partners with around the world to make a difference.
Women rewilding the world
As part of their mission to protect and restore Earth's biodiversity, our cause partner Re:wild believes that the wild is for the 100% and women are important leaders in our fight against climate change and its effects on people and planet. Here, discover the stories of just a few of the women Re:wild partners with around the world to make a difference.
Cenaida Guachagmira
Cenaida Guachagmira has advocated for the rights of nature, and against extractive industries in her home country of Ecuador, her whole life. In a recent win for Cenaida, her community and the world, a provincial court revoked a license for copper mining in the incredibly biodiverse Intag Valley, a biodiversity hotspot that harbors cloud forests and ecosystems critical to the health of the planet.
Cenaida Guachagmira
Cenaida Guachagmira has advocated for the rights of nature, and against extractive industries in her home country of Ecuador, her whole life. In a recent win for Cenaida, her community and the world, a provincial court revoked a license for copper mining in the incredibly biodiverse Intag Valley, a biodiversity hotspot that harbors cloud forests and ecosystems critical to the health of the planet.
Cenaida Guachagmira
Cenaida Guachagmira has advocated for the rights of nature, and against extractive industries in her home country of Ecuador, her whole life. In a recent win for Cenaida, her community and the world, a provincial court revoked a license for copper mining in the incredibly biodiverse Intag Valley, a biodiversity hotspot that harbors cloud forests and ecosystems critical to the health of the planet.
“In our community, our relationship with nature is not so radical,” says Cenaida. “We live with people of all kinds, of all colors, of all races, but we all share a powerful relationship with the land that feeds us and the animals that live here. We don't produce the Earth. The Earth produces us.”
Veruschka Dumeni
While studying biology at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, in 2019 Veruschka was inspired by Greta Thunberg to join the local chapter of Fridays for Future, an international movement of students who demonstrate to demand action from political leaders on climate change and the transition to renewable energy.
Veruschka Dumeni
While studying biology at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, in 2019 Veruschka was inspired by Greta Thunberg to join the local chapter of Fridays for Future, an international movement of students who demonstrate to demand action from political leaders on climate change and the transition to renewable energy.
Veruschka Dumeni
While studying biology at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, in 2019 Veruschka was inspired by Greta Thunberg to join the local chapter of Fridays for Future, an international movement of students who demonstrate to demand action from political leaders on climate change and the transition to renewable energy.
In August 2020, Veruschka heard about ReconAfrica’s project exploring for oil and gas in the Okavango River Basin. Ever since then, she has worked with many organizations and experts to draw international attention to the damage it is causing to the Okavango ecosystem, with even Rolling Stone publishing an exposé on the unscrupulous financial operations of the Canadian company.
Anya Ratnayaka
Anya is a Re:wild associate, co-founder of the NGO Small Cat Advocacy & Research and the founder of the Urban Fishing Cat Conservation Project, which she started in 2013 after a chance encounter with an orphaned Fishing Cat. Anya has raised awareness about the importance of studying and conserving this Vulnerable species, which lived for so long like a secret in the forgotten wetland network of Colombo, the coastal capital of Sri Lanka.
Anya Ratnayaka
Anya is a Re:wild associate, co-founder of the NGO Small Cat Advocacy & Research and the founder of the Urban Fishing Cat Conservation Project, which she started in 2013 after a chance encounter with an orphaned Fishing Cat. Anya has raised awareness about the importance of studying and conserving this Vulnerable species, which lived for so long like a secret in the forgotten wetland network of Colombo, the coastal capital of Sri Lanka.
Anya Ratnayaka
Anya is a Re:wild associate, co-founder of the NGO Small Cat Advocacy & Research and the founder of the Urban Fishing Cat Conservation Project, which she started in 2013 after a chance encounter with an orphaned Fishing Cat. Anya has raised awareness about the importance of studying and conserving this Vulnerable species, which lived for so long like a secret in the forgotten wetland network of Colombo, the coastal capital of Sri Lanka.
There are 41 species of wildcats worldwide. Most of the world only knows about seven of them: the big cats. “I want people to know that there are more small wild cats than Leopards and Tigers in the wild,” says Anya.
