Nearly four years after Hansörg Wyss first committed $1 billion to help governments, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities protect at least 30 percent of the planet’s surface by 2030 (30x30) — and one year since he upped his commitment to $1.5 billion — we are nearing a critical moment in the Campaign for Nature. In early-December, nations will be meeting at CBD COP15 in Montreal to finalize a plan to slow the loss of nature, safeguard biodiversity, and formalize a global 30x30 goal.

“In the past, I’ve called on fellow philanthropists to step up and confront the biodiversity crisis head on, and many have met the moment. Now, governments must do the same.”

Annie Miller ’23, Molly Ryan ’23, and Jane Jacoby ’23 have been named 2022 Wyss Scholars at Yale University. The prestigious Wyss Scholars program is sponsored by the Wyss Foundation and supports the graduate-level education of a new generations of leaders in U.S. land conservation.

The North Luangwa Conservation Programme, a partnership of Wyss Foundation grantee Frankfurt Zoological Society and the Zambian Department of National Parks and Wildlife, began reintroducing black rhinos to Zambia in 2003 and, over the ensuing two decades, has successfully established a breeding population in North Luangwa National Park. Since 2015, the Wyss Foundation has helped support this work by providing nearly $6.2 million to sustain Frankfurt Zoological Society’s co-management of North Luangwa and promote the conservation of black rhinos.